[MacPorts] #37173: nginx from macports causes 'kernel[0]: proc: table is full'

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#37173: nginx from macports causes 'kernel[0]: proc: table is full'
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  Reporter:  daniel.plainv@…  |      Owner:  cal@…
      Type:  defect           |     Status:  closed
  Priority:  Normal           |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports            |    Version:  2.1.2
Resolution:  worksforme       |   Keywords:
      Port:  nginx            |
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Changes (by cal@…):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => worksforme


Comment:

 The configuration files are in `/opt/local/etc/nginx`, if your prefix is
 `/opt/local`. The MacPorts nginx package does not install a configuration
 file, but only an example of it. You need to copy the example
 configuration file and adjust it. Since you apparently never did this, all
 the nginx port does when started is print an error message and exit. If
 you started nginx using `sudo port load nginx` you would get a log message
 every 30 seconds telling you that launchd couldn't start nginx (which is
 what you saw).

 However, this should not fill the kernel process table, because at any
 given time, at most a `daemondo` process and a zombie process of what used
 to be an `nginx` process are around. As soon as `daemondo` exits, launchd
 should have cleaned up the zombie. If this didn't happen in your case, it
 would explain the problem.

 Anyway, create a working `nginx` configuration before starting it. I have
 added a message detailing this in r100667.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/37173#comment:7>
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