Deleting an app does not clear Cronjob entries and not stop httpd worker processes

What I noticed was - When I delete an app from the Web Front-end it doesn't necessary remove the Cron-job entries also stop the worker processes.

what I observed was -

the previously deleted webapps httpd worker processes are still running unless I do a manual killall.

Reproducing my experience -

I had deleted osqa app from the webfaction control panel but I noticed that httpd worker processes are still running?

32690  1716 /home/username/webapps/osqa/apache2/bin/httpd.worker -f /home/username/webapps/osqa/apache2/conf/httpd.conf -k start
32691  4136 /home//webapps/osqa/apache2/bin/httpd.worker -f /home/username/webapps/osqa/apache2/conf/httpd.conf -k start
32692  4112 /home/username/webapps/osqa/apache2/bin/httpd.worker -f /home/username/webapps/osqa/apache2/conf/httpd.conf -k start
32693  4088 /home/username/webapps/osqa/apache2/bin/httpd.worker -f /home/username/webapps/osqa/apache2/conf/httpd.conf -k start
32694  4096 /home/username/webapps/osqa/apache2/bin/httpd.worker -f /home/username/webapps/osqa/apache2/conf/httpd.conf -k start
32695  4124 /home/username/webapps/osqa/apache2/bin/httpd.worker -f /home/username/webapps/osqa/apache2/conf/httpd.conf -k start
32696  6248 /home/username/webapps/osqa/apache2/bin/httpd.worker -f /home/username/webapps/osqa/apache2/conf/httpd.conf -k start

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asked Oct 07 '12 at 09:31

Prajwal
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edited Oct 07 '12 at 09:32

Thanks for letting us know. I've taken a look at the code of the osqa installer and it doesn't remove the crontab or stops the processes. An internal ticket has been filled and we'll update the script as soon as possible.

(Oct 07 '12 at 10:45) iliasr ♦♦

Thanks. I'm curious to know what happens in the uninstall script on deleting an app?

i.e what exactly happens when I remove any app in general from the webfaction front-end. Thanks.

(Oct 07 '12 at 11:21) Prajwal

The script just removes any cronjobs that may have been created, deletes any databases that were created and deletes the application directory from the webapps directory.

(Oct 07 '12 at 11:36) bmeyer71 ♦♦

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Hi,

I've updated the installer to stop its processes and remove its cron jobs. :)

answered Oct 10 '12 at 21:15

klynton ♦♦
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But what about the httpd.worker processes? As This is independent of OSQA.

(Oct 30 '12 at 12:45) Prajwal

Any OSQA app that is installed with the current installer should have its httpd.worker processes stopped when the app is deleted. If you delete an OSQA that was installed prior to 10 October, then the processes might be left over. If they are, then you can kill the individual processes and they will not restart.

(Oct 30 '12 at 13:17) seanf ♦♦

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