dataskq utilizing 100% resources

[Licious]

I need some help.

dataskq is utilizing 100% resources.

I have tried to take the steps below :

1.
killall -USR1 dataskq

2.
tail -n 10 /var/log/directadmin/errortaskq.log

And the outcome is

2022:01:31-10:16:51: Dataskq [19977] USR1 signal: Currently processing: check_brute_force_logs: begin User sorting : getlock(./data/admin/brute_user.data, 'ConfigFile::readFile') : finished
2022:01:31-10:16:51: Dataskq [32111] USR1 signal: Currently processing: check_brute_force_logs: begin IP sorting : getlock(./data/admin/brute_ip.data, 'ConfigFile::readFile') : finished

I have check brute_user.data and brute_ip date at /usr/local/directadmin/data/admin and the size of the file is 0

The permission and ownership looks correct to me as well.

-rw-r--r-- 1 diradmin diradmin 0 Jan 30 17:46 brute_ip.data

-rw-r--r-- 1 diradmin diradmin 0 Jan 30 17:30 brute_user.data

I need some help.

Thank you in advance.

 

[yonatanp]

interesting,
can you confirm the firewall is active on the server and working properly?
in case you are getting brute-forced, you should look into the issue itself , this seems like a symptom.

check this out:

Securing with Brute Force Monitor | Directadmin Docs

DirectAdmin Knowledge Base

docs.directadmin.com

there is a section there about high cpu usage caused by the monitor,
it might be a case of a monitoring without taking action to block, so the attacks flood your logs with no way to stop them.