[squid-users] ipcCreate: fork: (12) Cannot allocate memory

[Amos Jeffries]

On 08/09/17 02:44, erdosain9 wrote:
> Hi to all.
> all was working fine.. but today Im having this issue
> 
> 
> 2017/09/07 11:34:49 kid1| Starting new negotiateauthenticator helpers...
> 2017/09/07 11:34:49 kid1| helperOpenServers: Starting 1/35
> 'negotiate_kerberos_auth' processes
> 2017/09/07 11:34:50 kid1| Starting new negotiateauthenticator helpers...
> 2017/09/07 11:34:50 kid1| helperOpenServers: Starting 1/35
> 'negotiate_kerberos_auth' processes
> 2017/09/07 11:34:50 kid1| ipcCreate: fork: (12) Cannot allocate memory
> 2017/09/07 11:34:50 kid1| WARNING: Cannot run
> '/lib64/squid/negotiate_kerberos_auth' process.


How much RAM does this machine have?

What are your cache_mem and cache_dir settings?

How much RAM is Squid using when these fork's happen?

How much RAM is Squid normally using?

Does the machine have memory 'swap' enabled?

Any per-process limits on RAM consumption?


Amos