Bug ID 701039: Requests do not appear in local logging due to rare file descriptor exhaustion

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP ASM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 12.1.3.2, 12.1.3.3, 12.1.3.4, 12.1.3.5, 12.1.3.6

Fixed In:
12.1.3.7

Opened: Jan 08, 2018

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

In an extremely rare circumstance, requests do not appear in local logging due to file descriptor exhaustion in asmlogd.

Impact

Requests do not appear in local logging.

Conditions

-- ASM configured. -- ASM policy with an associated 'Log all requests' logging profile. -- Requests sent to virtual server. -- View Request Log.

Workaround

Restart ASM, or pkill -f asmlogd.

Fix Information

Requests appear in local logging correctly.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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