[Zope-dev] Shutting down ZServer

[Amos Latteier]

> We're experimenting with Zope 2.1 and FastCGI; this marks the first
> time I've seriously used ZServer, and I have a possibly silly
> question.  An odd behaviour I've noticed is that 'Shutdown' on the
> Control Panel isn't shutting down Zope; while the usual SystemExit
> traceback is printed, the Zope process hangs around, preventing
> FastCGI from starting a new Zope server on the next request.
> 
> Before I spend some time tracking this down, I want to be sure that
> this isn't expected behaviour; should ZServer be shut down
> differently, by some means other than the control panel?

Yes 'shutdown' from the Control Panel is supposed to cause Zope to exit.

Let's see, after you shutdown will Zope accept any more web connection?
Does 'restart' from the Control Panel work? Does shutdown via HTTP (as
opposed to FastCGI) work? What web server, fastcgi module, and platform
are you using?

It sounds to me like a problem with the FastCGI server, though if you
can't shutdown Zope with plain HTTP then there is a deeper problem.

Let me know and I'll look into it.

Also just to clarify FastCGI operation -- normally once you shutdown
Zope your web server won't be able to restart Zope, even though this is
how many FastCGI applications work. You should use Zope's 'restart'
capability if you just want to restart it.

Good luck!

-Amos

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