Symptoms
httpd process does not generate core file in /var/core/ on fatal failures such as SEGV, FPE, ILL, etc.
Impact
Difficult to identify root cause or debug issues.
Conditions
Any fatal failures on httpd.
Workaround
Work around for 14.1.0:
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Set core file size limit for all httpd processes on every reboot.
set command:
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prlimit --core=-1 -p <pidof httpd>
Verify the limit is set correctly to unlimited:
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[root@BIG-IP2:Active:Standalone] sysinit # grep core
/proc/<PID>/limits
Max core file size
unlimited
unlimited
bytes
[root@BIG-IP2:Active:Standalone] sysinit #
