Why does Apache seem to crash with an error: '[notice] child pid x exit signal File size limit exceeded (25)'?

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This usually means that a log file has grown too large for the system which is generally 2 GB. This can be fixed by clearing the Apache log file or setting logrotate for rotating Apache logs.

Apache logs can be cleared by removing all of the content from the file or by using the following command (which will echo nothing into the file):

echo > /var/log/httpd/access_log...

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