Topic: Generate Crash Dump for Apache in Windows 2008 Server R2

[rskb4u]

Hi forum,

Please guide us to generate crash dumps for apache 2.4.9 at the time freeze or crash in windows environment 2008 server R2.


Thanks,
Shiva Rudra

[James Blond]

As far as I know Apache doesn't do that on Windows (if some one knows better, please correct me).

There is a how to debugging page with Getting a live backtrace on Windows.

Also you may look into the Windows event log

[rskb4u]

Hi James,

Can we follow below procedure to generate the dumps for Apache:

Update the registry using the Windows Registry Editor (regedit)

Start regedit
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting

1) Create a 'LocalDumps' key under 'Windows Error Reporting' if it doesn't already exist.
To create the key, Rt-click 'Windows Error Reporting' and select 'New->Key', then enter "LocalDumps" as the key name.
2) Create a 'httpd.exe' key under 'LocalDumps' if it doesn't already exist.
To create the key, Rt-click 'LocalDumps' and select 'New->Key', then enter "httpd.exe" as the key name.

3) Create a 'DumpFolder' key under 'httpd.exe' with a value of 'C:\crashdumps' (or whatever directory you created to store the dump files into)
To create the key:
-Rt-click 'httpd.exe' and select 'New->Expandable String Value'
-Enter 'DumpFolder' as the key name
-Double-click the new key name to provide its value and enter the pathname of the directory to be used to store the dump files (ex: C:\crashdumps)
Create a 'DumpType' key under 'httpd.exe' with a value of '1' (which indicates to generate a 'Minidump' dump file)

4) To create the key:
-Rt-click 'httpd.exe' and select 'New->DWORD (32 bit) Value'
-Enter 'DumpType' as the key name
-Double-click the new key name to provide its value. Select the 'Decimal' option for 'Base', then enter '1' for 'Value data'.

Does this procedure generate dumps for only apache or whole system?

Link for you reference and please help us.

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/ihsdiag/win32_tools_doc.html


Thanks,
Shiva Rudra