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Creating and terminating user account taking too long

Havri
Hello, I am encountering an issue with the creation and deletion of accounts on a few servers. I removed one account using the command line. The line that the process was stuck is: Removing HTTP Virtual Hosts......
Here is the output from the command line:
[root@server04 logs]# time /scripts/removeacct somethingdomain Are you sure you want to remove the account "somethingdomain", and DNS zone files for the user? [y/N]? y Running pre removal script (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/prekillacct)......Done Collecting Domain Name and IP...info [removeacct] rebuild_files: working on domain (something.domain.com) info [removeacct] php-fpm: rebuild_files: restart fpm services for Apache info [removeacct] php-fpm: fpm services restarted ...Done Locking account and setting shell to nologin......Done Removing Sessions.........Done Killing all processes owned by user......Done Removing Suspended Info.........Done Removing Web Logs......Done Removing Bandwidth Files......Done Removing any unneeded pending interface locks......Done Removing Email Sending Limits Cache......Done Removing DKIM keys......Done Removing Crontab......Done Removing IPv6......Done Removing external authentication links "......Done Running AutoSSL account deletion logic "......Done Removing domain TLS resources "......Done Removing HTTP Virtual Hosts......Done Removing ftp Virtual Hosts......Done Removing user's web content directory symlinks......Done Removing MySQL databases and users......Done Revoking MySQL Privs.......Done Removing PostgreSQL databases and users......Done Removing Two-Factor Authentication entries..........Done Removing API Token entries..........Done Removing User & Group..........Done Removing DNS Entries......Done Removing Email Setup......Done Removing mailman lists......Done Updating Databases......Done Removing bandwidth limits......Done Removing Counter Data......Done Adding IP back to the IP address pool......Done Removing user's cPanel Databases & Updating......Done Reloading Services......Done Removing mail and service configs......Done Sending Contacts......Done Updating internal databases......Done Running post removal scripts (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/legacypostkillacct, /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/postkillacct)......Done Account Removal Complete!!!......Done info [removeacct] User 'somethingdomain' removed. User: somethingdomain Domain: something.domain.com Removed the following non-SSL virtual hosts: something.domain.com Removed the following SSL virtual hosts: Listing MySQL dbs for removal. Fetching MySQL DB Owner information. Successsomething.domain.com => deleted from server04. something.domain.com => deleted from dns2. something.domain.com => deleted from dns1. Removing /etc/valiases/something.domain.com System has 8 free ips. somethingdomain account removed real 1m57.376s user 0m0.615s sys 0m0.419s
The same thing applies when creating new accounts. I've added a screenshot from the WHM interface that shows the same httpd.conf problem. Is anybody experiencing the same issue? Is there a solutions to this? The problem is not reproducible each time. Sometimes it takes 10 seconds, sometimes 100. Thank you.

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  • webhostuk
    If its not for all account that you delete then make user to check if there are some files or folder with chattr permission set. While creating account did you check the server load? if there load is high even that can cause slow creation of account.
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  • Havri
    Hello, This applies even if I create a new account and then try to delete it, so there is no selective treatment only for some users (no chattr permission set). The account is new, so this means no chattr and no load on server (as there are only a few users). My `uptime` command outputs the following:
    13:44:20 up 89 days, 1:50, 2 users, load average: 0.90, 0.95, 0.99
    Thanks.
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  • cPanelMichael
    Hello, Could you verify which version of cPanel is installed on this system? You can check with the following command:
    cat /usr/local/cpanel/version
    Thank you.
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  • Havri
    Hello, Sorry for the delayed answer. The version is: 11.64.0.22 I just recreated the account and removed it. Both operations were done from the command line. It took over 1 min to erase one empty account. The server runs only SSDs, so there isn't an I/O bottleneck.
    [root@server04 ~]# time /scripts/removeacct subdomain Are you sure you want to remove the account "subdomain", and DNS zone files for the user? [y/N]? y Running pre removal script (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/prekillacct)......Done Collecting Domain Name and IP...info [removeacct] rebuild_files: working on domain (subdomain.mydomain.com) info [removeacct] php-fpm: rebuild_files: restart fpm services for Apache info [removeacct] php-fpm: fpm services restarted ...Done Locking account and setting shell to nologin......Done Removing Sessions.........Done Killing all processes owned by user......Done Removing Suspended Info.........Done Removing Web Logs......Done Removing Bandwidth Files......Done Removing any unneeded pending interface locks......Done Removing Email Sending Limits Cache......Done Removing DKIM keys......Done Removing Crontab......Done Removing IPv6......Done Removing external authentication links "......Done Running AutoSSL account deletion logic "......Done Removing domain TLS resources "......Done Removing HTTP Virtual Hosts......Done Rebuilding Mail SNI configuration......Done Removing ftp Virtual Hosts......Done Removing user's web content directory symlinks......Done Removing MySQL databases and users......Done Revoking MySQL Privs.......Done Removing PostgreSQL databases and users......Done Removing Two-Factor Authentication entries..........Done Removing API Token entries..........Done Removing User & Group..........Done Removing DNS Entries......Done Removing Email Setup......Done Removing mailman lists......Done Updating Databases......Done Removing bandwidth limits......Done Removing Counter Data......Done Adding IP back to the IP address pool......Done Removing user's cPanel Databases & Updating......Done Reloading Services......Done Removing mail and service configs......Done Sending Contacts......Done Updating internal databases......Done Running post removal scripts (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/legacypostkillacct, /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/postkillacct)......Done Account Removal Complete!!!......Done info [removeacct] User 'subdomain' removed. User: subdomain Domain: subdomain.mydomain.com Removed the following non-SSL virtual hosts: subdomain.mydomain.com Removed the following SSL virtual hosts: subdomain.mydomain.com Listing MySQL dbs for removal. Fetching MySQL DB Owner information. Successsubdomain.mydomain.com => deleted from server04. subdomain.mydomain.com => deleted from dns2. subdomain.mydomain.com => deleted from dns1. Removing /etc/valiases/subdomain.mydomain.com System has 8 free ips. subdomain account removed real 1m7.879s user 0m0.627s sys 0m0.384s
    Thank you.
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  • cPanelMichael
    Hello, Feel free to open a support ticket using the link in my signature so we can take a closer look. You can post the ticket number here so we can update this thread with the outcome. Thank you.
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  • Havri
    Hello, The ticket # is 8520305. Thank you.
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  • cPanelMichael
    Hello, The ticket # is 8520305. Thank you.

    To update, it looks like the delay stems from CageFS functionality taking an extended amount of time during the account termination process. Thank you.
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  • Havri
    Hello, I also replied to the cPanel ticket and I don't think that CageFS is the one that delays the account termination. Please see my answer from the ticket. Regards.
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  • i-Strategi
    I have the same issue. Also had it before i started using CageFS so im very sure that's not the issue. Did you manage to locate the issue? @OP - why answer to ticket? Should have been answered here so we (who has the same issue) can read the solution instead of asking again.
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  • cPanelMichael
    I have the same issue. Also had it before i started using CageFS so im very sure that's not the issue.

    Hi @i-Strategi, Support ticket 8520305 looks to have been an isolated issue with LiteSpeed that we were unable to reliably reproduce. If you notice delays during the account or termination process, please feel free to open a support ticket using the link in my signature so we can take a closer look at an affected system. You can post the ticket number here and I'll update this thread with the outcome. Thank you.
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  • Havri
    Hello, I've reviewed the ticket from cPanel support and it seemed that two services were using file-lock on the httpd.conf file. Of course, that was the issue then. After updating cPanel and Litespeed, all went well. What you can do is strace the account termination process from the command line:
    strace -tt -T -ff -o my_output.file -s 4096 -f /scripts/removeacct my_domain
    Of course, this is just an example. You can tweak it as you'd like. Maybe this will help you find the problem. Good luck.
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  • Bidi
    Hello guys, I`m facing some sort of issue but strange one. Mine one i think is fast when creating account and delete them but the big problm is when creating/terminate account my entire websites they dont work for aroung 1 minute. This is start to be big pain when daily make 20-30 operations, the customers start to complain about this and i dont understand why it makes like this in the last mo. Even me i start to get angry cuz i have to allways whait and whait lot of time so the websites start to work again. This happen even if i make in the night time operations and the load is 1-2% even in the day when load is 3-4% justtesting account removed real 0m9.872s user 0m1.066s sys 0m0.321s Can someone give me a hint or sompting where to and what to check ? Thank you.
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  • cPanelMichael
    Hello @Bidi, Can you open a support ticket so we can take a closer look at the affected system? You can post the ticket number here and we will link this thread to the ticket. Thank you.
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  • cPanelMichael
    Hello Everyone, I'd like to follow-up with anyone here that reported poor performance when creating and terminating accounts. cPanel & WHM version 76 offers significant performance improvements in this area of the product that should alleviate the concerns reported on this thread. We've also made some additional performance improvements in version 78 (available in the CURRENT release tier at this time), with even more improvements planned as part of version 80. Feel free to reply to this thread with feedback on the performance of account creation and termination upon upgrading to these versions. Thanks!
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