What are the Resolutions for OOM Killer : Processes with High Risk of Memory Leak

Pay special attention to the processes in this group as to the most probable cause out-of-memory issues (sorted based on server role):

  • Load Balancers
  • Application Servers
  • Database Servers
  • Common Processes for Different-Type Stacks
  • Load Balancers

Common recommendations


Allocate more RAM to a corresponding node - handled services could just require more memory for normal operability.

Related processes


Process Resolution
varnishd Allocate more RAM to a node - handled services could just require more memory for normal operability
  • Application Servers

Click on points within the list below to view some common recommendations on dealing with memory shortage issues considering used programming language, as well as appropriate resolutions for the most demanding related processes:

  • Java

    Common recommendations

    Review the main memory management configurations for the Java machine and, if required, adjust them according to the application needs, e.g.:

    java -Xmx2048m -Xms256m

    where
  • Xmx flag specifies the maximum heap memory that could be allocated for a Java Virtual Machine (JVM)
  • Xms flag defines initial memory allocation pool

Refer to the official documentation for more info on Java memory management system.

  • PHP
  • Database Servers

Click on the required DB stack within the list below to reveal appropriate common recommendations on coping with OOM issues, as well as resolutions for particular killed processes:

Common Processes for Different-Type Stacks

Common recommendations

Processes in this section can be run and, subsequently, killed within different node types. Thus, OOM resolutions for them vary and depend on a process itself - see the table below to find the appropriate recommendations.

  • Related processes

 

Process Stack Resolution
httpd PHP
Ruby
Python
MySQL
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
1. Check the average amount of RAM, used by each httpd instance
2. Remove the Jelastic autoconfiguration mark within the /etc/httpd/httpd.conf  file
3. Decrease ServerLimit and MaxClients values according to the formula: (Total_RAM - 5%) / Average_RAM
lsyncd PHP
NodeJS
Python
Allocate more RAM to a node - handled services could just require more memory for normal operability
httpd.itk PHP
Ruby
Python
1. Check the average amount of RAM, used by each httpd instance
2. Remove the Jelastic autoconfiguration mark within the /etc/httpd/httpd.conf  file
3. Decrease ServerLimit and MaxClients values according to the formula: (Total_RAM - 5%) / Average_RAM
procmail Any Restart container in order to restore the process
vsftpd Any
yum Any
cc1 3rd party Allocate more RAM to a node - handled services could just require more memory for normal operability
clamd 3rd party
ffmpeg 3rd party
firefox 3rd party
newrelic-daemon 3rd party Restart the main stack service (nginx, tomcat, nodejs, etc)


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