# Service Temporarily Unavailable's problem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/service-temporarily-unavailables-problem/72899>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 19, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/service-temporarily-unavailables-problem/72899 "2006-10-19T18:36:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![wayne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/0ea827/32.png) [@wayne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wayne)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/service-temporarily-unavailables-problem/72899/1 "2006-10-19T18:36:58Z")

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Now my rails application always appear ‘Service Temporarily Unavailable’  
the problem below after changing routes.rb. Pls help! Thanks

My environment is Apache2, Fcgid, Ubuntu, mod-fcgid

"Service Temporarily Unavailable

The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to  
maintenance downtime or capacity problems."

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**Author:** ![wayne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/0ea827/32.png) [@wayne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wayne)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/service-temporarily-unavailables-problem/72899/2 "2006-10-19T18:59:57Z")

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And apache blog show the info…be not certain that it cause ‘Service  
Temporarily Unavailable’

[notice] mod\_fcgid: too much …/public/dispatch.fcgi process(current:3,  
max:3), skip the spawn request

Wayne wrote:

> Now my rails application always appear ‘Service Temporarily Unavailable’  
> the problem below after changing routes.rb. Pls help! Thanks
> 
> My environment is Apache2, Fcgid, Ubuntu, mod-fcgid
> 
> "Service Temporarily Unavailable
> 
> The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to  
> maintenance downtime or capacity problems."

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**Author:** ![wayne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/0ea827/32.png) [@wayne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wayne)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/service-temporarily-unavailables-problem/72899/3 "2006-10-19T19:41:15Z")

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Who can help to resolve the problem? Now the web application is  
holding…Thanks  
a lot!!!

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**Author:** ![wayne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/0ea827/32.png) [@wayne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wayne)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/service-temporarily-unavailables-problem/72899/4 "2006-10-19T20:15:43Z")

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Wayne wrote on 19.10.2006 19:41:

> Who can help to resolve the problem? Now the web application is  
> holding…Thanks  
> a lot!!!

> [notice] mod\_fcgid: too much …/public/dispatch.fcgi process(current:3,  
> max:3), skip the spawn request

Read this 😉

Your apache fcgi is limited to a maximum of 3 parallel processes. These  
are used at the moment and so no new forks are possible for handling a  
4th Rails dispatcher.  
Do some apache configuration…

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**Author:** ![wayne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/0ea827/32.png) [@wayne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wayne)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/service-temporarily-unavailables-problem/72899/5 "2006-10-19T21:01:13Z")

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Thanks a lot! But Where I can ajust apache fcgi parameter?

Markus K. wrote:

> Wayne wrote on 19.10.2006 19:41:
> 
> > Who can help to resolve the problem? Now the web application is  
> > holding…Thanks  
> > a lot!!!
> 
> > [notice] mod\_fcgid: too much …/public/dispatch.fcgi process(current:3,  
> > max:3), skip the spawn request
> 
> Read this 😉
> 
> Your apache fcgi is limited to a maximum of 3 parallel processes. These  
> are used at the moment and so no new forks are possible for handling a  
> 4th Rails dispatcher.  
> Do some apache configuration…

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**Author:** ![wayne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/0ea827/32.png) [@wayne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wayne)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/service-temporarily-unavailables-problem/72899/6 "2006-10-19T21:59:13Z")

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Wayne wrote on 19.10.2006 21:01:

> Thanks a lot! But Where I can ajust apache fcgi parameter?

[http://www.ask.com/web?q=mod\_fcgid](http://www.ask.com/web?q=mod_fcgid)  
[http://fastcgi.coremail.cn/doc.htm](http://fastcgi.coremail.cn/doc.htm)

Have a look at ProcessCount options.