mod_fcgid: ap_pass_brigade failed in handle_request_ipc function

[maqsium]

Hi,

I'm getting frequently these warnings in error_log file from mod_fcgid, here client IP is nothing but my server IP:

[Thu Apr 30 10:19:39.744079 2015] [fcgid:warn] [pid 32193:tid 139690168198912] (32)Broken pipe: [client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:42586] mod_fcgid: ap_pass_brigade failed in handle_request_ipc function
[Thu Apr 30 10:24:14.099721 2015] [fcgid:warn] [pid 32193:tid 139688594720512] (32)Broken pipe: [client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:43952] mod_fcgid: ap_pass_brigade failed in handle_request_ipc function, referer: http://mydomain.com/page/url
[Thu Apr 30 10:24:48.420188 2015] [fcgid:warn] [pid 32193:tid 139688479332096] (32)Broken pipe: [client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:43946] mod_fcgid: ap_pass_brigade failed in handle_request_ipc function
[Thu Apr 30 10:25:03.207233 2015] [fcgid:warn] [pid 32193:tid 139689549297408] (32)Broken pipe: [client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:43213] mod_fcgid: ap_pass_brigade failed in handle_request_ipc function
[Thu Apr 30 10:25:23.468237 2015] [fcgid:warn] [pid 32193:tid 139689266071296] (32)Broken pipe: [client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:44216] mod_fcgid: ap_pass_brigade failed in handle_request_ipc function

I'm using dedicated server with following configuration:

2.7GHz, 4 quadcore processors
32 GB RAM
Apache 2.4.12 with mod_fcgid + MPM Worker

Following configuration is set in Pre_virtualhost_config

<IfModule mod_fcgid.c>
FcgidInitialEnv PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS 10000
FcgidMaxRequestsPerProcess 10000
FcgidConnectTimeout 3600
FcgidIOTimeout 120
FcgidMaxProcessesPerClass 1000
FcgidMaxProcesses 2048
FcgidIdleTimeout 240
FcgidIdleScanInterval 240
FcgidProcessLifeTime 1200
</IfModule>

<IfModule worker.c>
ThreadLimit           256
ThreadsPerChild        256
MinSpareThreads        128
MaxSpareThreads       512
MaxClients 2048
</IfModule>

Apache configuration excerpt:

# These can be set in WHM under 'Apache Global Configuration'
Timeout 300
TraceEnable On
ServerSignature Off
ServerTokens Full
FileETag All
StartServers 8
<IfModule prefork.c>
MinSpareServers 16
MaxSpareServers 32
</IfModule>
<IfModule itk.c>
MinSpareServers 16
MaxSpareServers 32
</IfModule>
ServerLimit 9
MaxRequestWorkers 2048
MaxConnectionsPerChild 0
KeepAlive On
KeepAliveTimeout 5
MaxKeepAliveRequests 120

Regards,
M

 

[JacobPerkins]

Hello,

I'm not familiar with this error. It looks to be an issue with hitting some mod_fcgid limits. There's a couple of issues on StackOverflow that mention this problem. Have you tried any of those fixes?