Bug#895237: apache2: apachectl does not use systemd for restarts

[Jan Heitkötter <jan@heitkoetter.net>]

Hallo Stefan,

Am Samstag, den 14.04.2018, 11:50 +0200 schrieb Stefan Fritsch:
> Using apachectl stop / start / restart works fine for me with
> systemd. The 
> issue is somewhere else.

This is what happens here:

root@wolke:/# systemctl status --no-pager apache2
● apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; vendor
preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Sun 2018-04-15 21:42:42 CEST; 1s ago
  Process: 54785 ExecStop=/usr/sbin/apachectl stop (code=exited,
status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 52569 ExecReload=/usr/sbin/apachectl graceful (code=exited,
status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 54793 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/apachectl start (code=exited,
status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 54797 (apache2)
   CGroup: /system.slice/apache2.service
           ├─54797 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
           ├─54798 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
           ├─54799 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
           ├─54800 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
           ├─54801 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
           └─54802 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start

Apr 15 21:42:42 wolke systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server...
Apr 15 21:42:42 wolke systemd[1]: Started The Apache HTTP Server.
root@wolke:/# apachectl -k stop
root@wolke:/# apachectl -k start
root@wolke:/# systemctl status --no-pager apache2
● apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; vendor
preset: enabled)
   Active: inactive (dead) since Sun 2018-04-15 21:42:49 CEST; 6s ago
  Process: 54807 ExecStop=/usr/sbin/apachectl stop (code=exited,
status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 52569 ExecReload=/usr/sbin/apachectl graceful (code=exited,
status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 54793 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/apachectl start (code=exited,
status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 54797 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Apr 15 21:42:42 wolke systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server...
Apr 15 21:42:42 wolke systemd[1]: Started The Apache HTTP Server.
Apr 15 21:42:49 wolke apachectl[54807]: httpd (no pid file) not running


The hooks in Let’s Encrypt’s conffile say “apachectl -k”; the manpage
does not explain this option. Omitting -k makes things work:

root@wolke:/# systemctl status --no-pager apache2
● apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; vendor
preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Sun 2018-04-15 21:46:49 CEST; 1s ago
  Process: 54831 ExecStop=/usr/sbin/apachectl stop (code=exited,
status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 52569 ExecReload=/usr/sbin/apachectl graceful (code=exited,
status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 54845 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/apachectl start (code=exited,
status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 54849 (apache2)
   CGroup: /system.slice/apache2.service
           ├─54849 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
           ├─54850 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
           ├─54851 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
           ├─54852 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
           ├─54853 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
           └─54854 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start

Apr 15 21:46:49 wolke systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server...
Apr 15 21:46:49 wolke systemd[1]: Started The Apache HTTP Server.
root@wolke:/# apachectl stop
root@wolke:/# apachectl start
Invoking 'systemctl start apache2'.
Use 'systemctl status apache2' for more info.
root@wolke:/# systemctl status --no-pager apache2
● apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; vendor
preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Sun 2018-04-15 21:47:00 CEST; 2s ago
  Process: 54859 ExecStop=/usr/sbin/apachectl stop (code=exited,
status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 52569 ExecReload=/usr/sbin/apachectl graceful (code=exited,
status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 54870 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/apachectl start (code=exited,
status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 54874 (apache2)
   CGroup: /system.slice/apache2.service
           ├─54874 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
           ├─54875 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
           ├─54876 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
           ├─54877 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
           ├─54878 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
           └─54879 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start

Apr 15 21:47:00 wolke systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server...
Apr 15 21:47:00 wolke systemd[1]: Started The Apache HTTP Server.


For the time being I will remove -k from the hooks.

Regards

Jan