Failure of server APACHE bridge - Weblogic

Please make sure you are using the apache plugin from the latest Service
Pack. Please download SP9 and use the mod_wl.so from there.

Regards,

Eric

"jykim" <jykim@itplus.co.kr> wrote in message
news:3adba0df$1@newsgroups.bea.com...
> hi,
>
> I'm using weblogic : 5.1 with SP5
> apache(1.3.17) weblogic-proxy on solaris2.6
> with JDK 1.2.2_05a
>
> when I'm uploading file (large size file), below error occured..
> what's the problem?
>
>
> thanks..
>
>
> Failure of server APACHE bridge:
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------=
-
--
> ----
> Cannot open TEMP file '/tmp/_wl_proxy/_post_0_984449757_694' for POST of
> 260969 bytes
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------=
-
--
> ----
>
> Build date/time: Dec 4 2000 10:43:31 HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error
> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 02:15:57 GMT Server: Apache/1.3.17 (Unix)
> Content-Type: text/html Connection: close Transfer-Encoding: chunked
>
> Failure of server APACHE bridge:
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------=
-
--
> ----
>
>
> Internal Server failure, APACHE plugin. Cannot continue.
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------=
-
--
> ----
>
> Build date/time: Dec 4 2000 10:43:31
>
>

We are still getting the same error..... on Solaris , Weblogic 5.1 sp11.=20

Vineet

Failure of server APACHE bridge:


---------------------------------------------------------------------------=
-----
Cannot open TEMP file '/tmp/_wl_proxy/_post_4846_0_1012513591_657' for POST=
of
568417 bytes=20
---------------------------------------------------------------------------=
-----

Build date/time: Oct 31 2001 11:03:20 HTTP/1.0 500 Internal Server Error Da=
te:
Thu, 31 Jan 2002 21:46:31 GMT Server: Apache/1.3.22 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.8.5 Op=
enSSL/0.9.6b
Content-Type: text/html Connection: close=20
Failure of server APACHE bridge:


---------------------------------------------------------------------------=
-----

Internal Server failure, APACHE plugin. Cannot continue.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------=
-----

Build date/time: Oct 31 2001 11:03:20=20

Sorry for bothering... Seems there was a permissions issue on the web serve=
r.=20
Does anyone know what is the max size of the file that can be transferred?

Regards,
Vineet.

I do not believe there is a max. The max is probably dependent on how much
free space you have in the /tmp directory.

Regards,

Eric

"Vineet" <vinit_kulkarni@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3c5ab225$1@newsgroups.bea.com...
>
> Sorry for bothering... Seems there was a permissions issue on the web
server.
> Does anyone know what is the max size of the file that can be transferred=
?
>
> Regards,
> Vineet.

I thought so too. Thankyou very much. Vineet.

"Eric Gross" <support@bea.com> wrote:
>I do not believe there is a max. The max is probably dependent on how
>much
>free space you have in the /tmp directory.
>
>Regards,
>
>Eric
>
>"Vineet" <vinit_kulkarni@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:3c5ab225$1@newsgroups.bea.com...
>>
>> Sorry for bothering... Seems there was a permissions issue on the web
>server.
>> Does anyone know what is the max size of the file that can be transferre=
d?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Vineet.
>
>

Dear All,

I (Chinmay) am also getting the same problem but with latest version of all=
the softwares.

1. apache 2.0.50
2. weblogic 8.1.4

Is there any specific plugin from bea that I can install at apache to fix t=
his error?

HERE IS THE EXACT ERROR MESSAGE that I get when I send the request from apa=
che to weblogic through http POST method.
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D>

Failure of server APACHE bridge:
--------------------------------------------------------
Cannot open TEMP post file '/tmp/_wl_proxy/_post_29777_4_1161075102_438' fo=
r POST of 4567 bytes=20
--------------------------------------------------------
Build date/time: Oct 25 2004 14:52:23=20
--------------------------------------------------------
Change Number: 453498=20

Failure of server APACHE bridge:
--------------------------------------------------------
Internal Server failure, APACHE plugin. Cannot continue.
--------------------------------------------------------
Build date/time: Oct 25 2004 14:52:23=20
--------------------------------------------------------
Change Number: 453498

Chinmay,

Check for the permissions / ownership of the /tmp folder.. Somehow after a =
bounce of all apache & weblogic apps, the owner of /tmp became 104 and the =
permissions had changed to drwxr-xr-t
All I did was to change the owner back to root or any other user and ran "c=
hmod -R 777 /tmp" as root. That fixed the problem entirely.

That having said: I think there is a known bug with the apache-weblogic plu=
gin (this is for weblogic version 8.1.4) that if data greater than a certai=
n size is made to pass through the apache plugin, then it bombs. The curren=
t workaround I have figured for this (I faced this earlier) was to not go t=
hrough apache and hit weblogic directly (through 7001 / whatever port weblo=
gic has configured)

Hope that helps,
Anoop

Anoop,

The permission to /tmp folder at Apache machine is drwxrwxrwt. So there is =
no permission issue.=20
Moreover the issue appears for one particular operation sequence that too =
usually five to six days after the Apache restart (I generally do a restart=
of the Apache server once this error occurs). I am already using WLS 8.1 S=
P4.

This request to weblogic is being generated through a generic method of our=
proprietary server code. So we can't modify it (only this particular case)=
to bypass Apache in order to directly reach weblogic. Refer the footnotes.

ShawnHuang in the following thread says "all of your parameter types must i=
mplement Serializable".
http://forums.bea.com/bea/message.js...507&tstart=3D0
ShawnHuang, please check the footnote N.B.1.

Apache bug reports (refer the following link) asks us to get support from B=
EA Systems.
http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/sh...cgi?id=3D40052

BEA provided the following suggestions but for WLS 6.1 (S-18179)
http://support.bea.com/application?n...Dask_bea_answ=
er.jsp&event=3Dlink.view_answer_page_clfydoc&answerpage=3Dsolution&page=3Dw=
ls/S-18179.htm

N.B.1. All our parameters used in the call are serializable.

N.B.2. This issue gets resolved after a restart, and re-occurs after 5 to 6=
days of usage.

Regards,
Chinmay

Guys,

We had the similar issue which is trowing Apache bridge error and page down=
load popup intermittently. The root cuase for this issue is the size of the=
bea plug-in log file which you configured in apache config file (httpd.con=
f). In our case the size of the log was 2gig and reduced it to 10mb then ev=
erything works fine.=20
Hope this helps.
-Ram.