Recurring Apache 2.0.52 error on CentOS 4 - 'could not create `rewrite_log_lock`'
- by warren
I have been seeing a recurring issue on my web server:
[Sun May 16 03:10:19 2010] [crit] (28)No space left on device: mod_rewrite: could not create rewrite_log_lock
Configuration Failed
[Sun May 16 04:10:05 2010] [crit] (28)No space left on device: mod_rewrite: could not create rewrite_log_lock
Configuration Failed
[Sun May 16 05:10:04 2010] [crit] (28)No space left on device: mod_rewrite: could not create rewrite_log_lock
Configuration Failed
[Sun May 16 05:17:13 2010] [crit] (28)No space left on device: mod_rewrite: could not create rewrite_log_lock
Configuration Failed
So far, the only fix I have found to this when it happens is to reboot my server. This is non-ideal :-\
Restarting httpd does not clear the error. df indicates I have 20+ gigs free, and top and free both report 800+ megs (or 1.2 gigs)
> df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/simfs 40G 18G 23G 44% /
#
> free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 1474560 300832 1173728 0 0 0
-/+ buffers/cache: 300832 1173728
Any ideas on why this would recur, and how to prevent/fix it?