Just reporting that this does work, however it didn't work quite the way that the docs specified. I ended up having to set it this way:
DefaultRuntimeDir ${APACHE_RUN_DIR}
And in my startup script, I had to export the APACHE_RUN_DIR environment variable.
Thanks,
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: jonmcalexander@wellsfargo.com <jonmcalexander@wellsfargo.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2022 2:19 PM
> To: dev@httpd.apache.org
> Subject: RE: Question about slotmem-shm- log file, etc. location
>
> Ok, great. That wasn't evident from the documentation. I'll test it out and will
> report back later on.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dream * Excel * Explore * Inspire
> Jon McAlexander
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>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ruediger Pluem <rpluem@apache.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2022 1:55 PM
> > To: dev@httpd.apache.org
> > Subject: Re: Question about slotmem-shm- log file, etc. location
> >
> >
> >
> > On 6/23/22 8:45 PM, jonmcalexander@wellsfargo.com wrote:
> > > You know, that makes sense, except, when you may have multiple
> > > instances on a server and want to keep those separated. This is
> > > still Relative to the ServerRoot, which points to the binaries. What
> > > we need is some way it can be relative to the location of the parent
> > > of the conf directory where httpd.conf lives. Kind of like Tomcat's
> > > concept of CATALINA_HOME and CATALINA_BASE. :-)
> >
> > No you can give an absolute path that is different for each instance.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Rüdiger
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Just my .02 worth.
> > >
> > > Dream * Excel * Explore * Inspire
> > > Jon McAlexander
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> > >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Ruediger Pluem <rpluem@apache.org>
> > >> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2022 1:28 PM
> > >> To: dev@httpd.apache.org
> > >> Subject: Re: Question about slotmem-shm- log file, etc. location
> > >>
> > >> Have you tried using DefaultRuntimeDir
> > >>
> > (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/co
> > >> r
> >
> e.html*defaultruntimedir__;Iw!!F9svGWnIaVPGSwU!s1MtryTq7iWIm62jxvC
> > >>
> >
> WYGG9fmIt79giC5WhKWWWTB0ttC2MRtagTdKqEs4FfQ7gLBKA50H2wdJQ9iw
> > >> BmOQNEac$ )
> > >>
> > >> Regards
> > >>
> > >> Rüdiger
> > >>
> > >> On 6/23/22 7:40 PM, jonmcalexander@wellsfargo.com wrote:
> > >>> Hello all.
> > >>>
> > >>> I have a question and haven't been able to find an answer yet on
> > >>> the interwebs. I ran into an issue while setting up mod-proxy-http
> > >>> with the
> > >> balancer option and when I restarted Apache, it failed with this
> message:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> "AH02611: create:
> apr_shm_create(/apps/apache/2.4.53/logs/slotmem-
> > >> shm-p18b8fc23_3.shm) failed"
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Turns out I didn't have a logs folder under 2.4.53. Looks like it
> > >>> looks at the ServerRoot as to where the logs directory is located.
> > >>> We run our apache servers with separate Instance directories and
> > >>> centralized binaries to make upgrades, etc. easier. Is there any
> > >>> way to
> > >> specify something like a slotmem-file-target-location directive in
> > >> the httpd.conf of the instance, or anything like that? I did see
> > >> some rumblings around this from back in spring of 2012, but nothing
> since.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Any assistance would be great.
> > >>>
> > >>> *Dream * Excel * Explore * Inspire*
> > >>>
> > >>> Jon McAlexander
> > >>>
> > >>> Senior Infrastructure Engineer
> > >>>
> > >>> Asst. Vice President
> > >>>
> > >>> He/His
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Middleware Product Engineering
> > >>>
> > >>> Enterprise CIO | EAS | Middleware | Infrastructure Solutions
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> 8080 Cobblestone Rd | Urbandale, IA 50322
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> > >>>
> > >>> Tel 515-988-2508 | Cell 515-988-2508
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> > >>>
> > >>>
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