WP install is crashing my server

  • Andrea Whitmer

    (@nutsandboltsmedia)


    12 years ago

    I’m hoping someone here might be able to help me figure out what’s going on.

    I woke up this morning to 163 LFD warnings on my server (a VPS). I’ve received probably 75 more since then. When I asked my host to take a look, this is what they sent:

    I have checked the domblogs on your server. It appears that the site is connecting to itself (tcp: 204.197.244.136:37520 -> 204.197.244.136:80) and data is not being processed correctly causing the processes to get hung. There is an error in your code, or a plugin is causing the issue.

    Basically every process that runs for any of the sites on this particular account is looping into itself over and over, causing the server to crash. The LFD emails contain a HUGE list of memory maps being created by each process. I’ve tried disabling all plugins on the site and it didn’t seem to help anything.

    Any thoughts? I know this is a long shot but I have never seen anything like this before.

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  • Andrew Bartel

    (@andrew-bartel)

    Is it a completely default install of WordPress? Could be a custom theme issue too.

    Thread Starter Andrea Whitmer

    (@nutsandboltsmedia)

    I’m using a Genesis child theme that I’ve used dozens of times with no problems.

    There were two instances of wp-cron running for the account, so I killed both of them. That seemed to stop the suspicious process warnings briefly, but they’ve started back.

    Andrew Bartel

    (@andrew-bartel)

    Try this plugin: Cron View and see if there’s anything out of the ordinary running.

    Thread Starter Andrea Whitmer

    (@nutsandboltsmedia)

    Thanks for the rec; tried that plugin and everything looks completely normal.

    I did notice that every warning email lists network connections to the same few IPs. Checked them and they all belong to Dropbox. I disabled the WP Backup to Dropbox plugin and I’m waiting to see if that helps. It’s odd, though, because I’ve used that plugin on tons of sites with no problems.

    Andrew Bartel

    (@andrew-bartel)

    Yea I use that plugin too in several production settings.

    Thread Starter Andrea Whitmer

    (@nutsandboltsmedia)

    Haven’t gotten an email since I disabled it. I think I’ll switch to Backup Buddy on this particular site, but it still bothers me since Backup to Dropbox is free and one I recommend all the time.

    Thanks again for your help! I really expected my post to get lost in here.

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