How to get PID of SUN webserver instance on SOLARIS

Get PID on Sun Web Server

Unix - Solaris/Linux/HP-UX/AIX

On these platforms, the Web Server uses three processes:

·         A watchdog process

·         A parent Server process - webservd or ns-httpd

·         A child Server process - webservd or ns-httpd

The Worker process is the child Server process.

This can be found with the following commands:

#ps -ef | grep wdog

#ptree <pid of wdog> (Solaris and HP-UX)
#pstree <pid of wdog> (Linux)
#proctree <pid of wdog> (AIX)

The last webservd or ns-httpd process in the list is the process required.

For example, on Solaris this would be:

# ps -ef | grep wdog 
root  3878     1   0   Jul 18 ?           0:01 webservd-wdog -d /prods/web/709/admin-server/config -r /prods/web/709 -t /tmp/a
root  5510     1   0 12:02:39 ?           0:00 webservd-wdog -d /prods/web/709/https-web.com/config -r /prods/web/709

Use the Instance not the Admin Server:

# ptree 5510
5510  webservd-wdog -d /prods/web/709/https-web.com/config -r /prods/web/709
5511  webservd -d /prods/web/709/https-web.com/config -r /prods/web/709 -t /t
5512  webservd -d /prods/web/709/https-web.com/config -r /prods/web/709 -t /t

The correct PID would be '5512'.

On Windows

Windows only has a watchdog process and one Server process. So the process required is the single Server process.

Proxy Server

Proxy Server uses the same process structure as Web Server. Therefore:

·         On Unix the same commands will work. The Server process is called 'proxyd'.

·         on Windows it’s still the single Server process

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