Questions tagged [mpm-prefork]
Multi-Processing Module (MPM) implements a non-threaded, pre-forking web server that handles requests in a manner similar to Apache 1.3.
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Module mpm_prefork is enabled - cannot proceed due to conflicts. It needs to be disabled first
We've configured a Dockerfile containing the following code snippet:
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Apache Keeps reverting to mpm_prefork (Apache 2.4.7 / Ubuntu 14.04.2)
I have had this problem for over a year now whereby each time there is a security update to Ubuntu and I have to reboot the server, Apache 2.4 decides to start using the mpm_prefork worker despite the ...
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Is it possible to spawn one process per connection in Apache with mpm_winnt?
I would like to fine tune the settings of mpm_winnt Apache module: for each connection, it should spawn one new Apache (httpd) process.
AFAIK this is similar to what mpm_prefork does (which is Linux ...
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MPM Prefork, too many apache2 process?
I have this settings:
<IfModule mpm_prefork_module>
StartServers 5
MinSpareServers 5
MaxSpareServers 10
ServerLimit 1250
MaxClients 1250
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Apache halts with error: Invalid argument: AH00146: couldn't release the accept mutex
My webserver running Debian Bullseye has been running for years without any problems. Everything is up to date. The apache version is 2.4.54. Yesterday I noticed none of my websites were up so I ...
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Apache 2.4 list prefork directive values from command line
I am unable to find values of MPM Prefork directives like MaxRequestWorkers/MaxSpareThreads etc in my config file. Is there a way to list these values from command line?
-bash-4.2# httpd -v
Server ...
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Apache Server Status Sending Reply with extrem high SS
I'm currently running into a really strange issue.
My apache (prefork - 2.2.15) is running into MaxClients Limit and is therefore not responding to requests anymore.
The Server-Status is showing a ...
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switching to worker mpm for apache 2 on ubuntu
How to switch from prefork mpm to worker mpm on ubuntu server?
how to roll back if there is any problem?
root@myserver:~# apache2ctl -l
Compiled in modules:
core.c
mod_log_config.c
mod_logio.c
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Apache 2.4 Prefork vs. PHP-FPM Event shows sig decrease in requests per second
On my Apache 2.4.2 server with a standard mod_php Prefork setup these are my server-status results
Current Time: Wednesday, 24-Oct-2012 19:36:24 CDT
Restart Time: Wednesday, 24-Oct-2012 01:27:30 CDT
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How to tune apache with mpm_event
regarding apache tuning, there are lots of good documents and posts on the web
eg. How To Tune Apache on Ubuntu 14.04 Server
unfortunately almost all of them describe how to tune apache with ...
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mpm-prefork apache increasing MaxRequestWorkers not affecting my RAM to much
I read about the Apache mpm-prefork configuration and I tried to tune the MaxRequestWorkers parameter.
My settings before the change were as follows:
<IfModule mpm_prefork_module>
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AH00052: child pid [PID] exit signal Aborted (6) - Apache error
I have an installation of Apache/2.4.18 running on Ubuntu 16.04. Apache is configured as Prefork MPM. PHP 7.0.22
Checking the error log at /var/log/apache2/error.log I see lots of these errors:
[Fri ...
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<IfModule prefork> in Apache 2.4 (Amazon) is not in httpd.conf
I am running an AWS EC2 instance with LAMP (apache 2.4 (amazon). I am trying to tune the prefork module but I can't find it.
I have checked the httpd.conf file and it is not in there. I have ...
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apache times out with low cpu and memory usage
Since a few days i recognize that my apache2 is going very slow if it has around 90 current request.
If i do a loader.io test it timeouts for example after 13 successfull requests:
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mpm_prefork:error (11)Resource temporarily unavailable: AH00159: fork: Unable to fork new process
After having some issues I have rebuilt my server on a new, clean Fedora 24 platform. It's a fairly busy server, and now when it starts up, I get a flood of these messges in apache's error_log:
[Thu ...
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AH03490: scoreboard is full, not at MaxRequestWorkers.Increase ServerLimit
I have a server with Apache 2.4.37 default install running on CentOS 8 x64. My hardware is:
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 0 @ 2.00GHz, 16 cores
32GB of memory ram
1TB SSD
In /var/log/httpd/error_log i ...
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Nginx + PHP-FPM starts crashing after suspicious pentesting request with hexadecimal http verb/method
my server crashes everytime an annoying pentester tries to find security-holes in my application.
I see this in the errorlog:
17:48:48 +0200] "\x16\x03\x01\x00M\x01\x00\x00I\x03\x03\xDBJA\xC5\...
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How do MaxSpareServers work in Apache?
I've scoured the web but I can't find out what MaxSpareServers are in Apache MPM prefork..
The MaxSpareServers directive sets the desired maximum number of idle child server processes. An idle ...
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Apache causing massive load spike after reboot
My server is running Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS, with LAMP stack (PHP 7.4), and apache version 2.4.29 using Prefork MPM. My server has 16 CPUs and 29GB of RAM. This server hosts 258 websites.
Whenever I ...
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Apache2 seems busy
I have an Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS server running Apache/2.4.7 and my error.log file is frequently getting this kind of message below:
[Thu Sep 01 19:45:40.571637 2016] [mpm_prefork:info] [pid 1696] ...
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Accessing default MPM prefork values in Ubuntu(debian based architecture) vs CentOS (Red Hat Enterprise Linux)
I was trying to list the MPM prefork default configuration values in apache web server. In ubuntu, apache web server, I could access the values inside /etc/apache2/mods-available/mpm_prefork.conf file....
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Apache .conf file ignored
I'm running Apache Apache/2.4.25 (Amazon) using prefork and I'm trying to adjust ServerLimit and MaxRequestWorkers. I'm using the following settings:
<IfModule prefork.c>
ServerLimit 40
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Does MaxClients determine the number of active users in a site
Keeping all factors constant , assuming my apache server is configured as below , in event mpm
<IfModule mpm_prefork_module>
StartServers 2
MinSpareServers 2
MaxSpareServers 5
MaxClients 200 #
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Apache2 can't handle 200 concurrent requests with 8GB Ram and 4 core cpu
I am load testing a worpress site with loader.io , i am sending 100 concurrent requests per second, running the test in exactly 1 minute. The test fails considerably after 20 seconds or so, nothing ...
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Zero idle workers in apache2 server causing performance issues
I have a SAAS product built on php along with apache2 and mysql and it has been hosted on AWS. My production is very very slow on peak times and when I check server-status then it says idle workers ...
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Bots causing server to crash - getting error "server seems busy" in apache logs - need to update prefork settings?
So after my website ( running on a Rackspace 2GB ram centos 7 instance) went down twice this week I went through the logs and seems the culprit are bots ( search engine and others.. )
The bots seem ...
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Apache MPM_Prefork Setting for high performance
My VPS has 16GB RAM / 6 Cores and it's running on Debian 10 with Virtualmin installed. and my script needs mpm_php to work properly.
Getting high traffic so I need to adjust the default setting of the ...
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Httpd server optimization for 50-100k users
I currently have an AWS EC2 instance m5.24xlarge that has :
96 vCPU
384 RAM
25 GBPs network
We are currently expecting more than 50 000 concurrent users online, I have added a layer on cloudflare ...
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How to increase amount of concurrent connections in apache2?
I am running into traffic issues as apache 2.4.18 maxes out on concurrent connections:
ps auxf | grep apache2 | wc -l
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As soon as 258 is reached the server is waiting to serve new connections ...
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Which mpm setting to use to limit the number of connections on Centos 7 apache
I am googling around and finding myself going down a rabbit hole and getting nowhere.
My over all goal is to limit the number of connections that can be made at the same time to Apache on a Centos 7 ...
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apachectl reports that it's in worker mode, however the configuration seems to be set to prefork
I'm using a VPS running Apache2.4 and CentOS7. I'm hitting some threading issues and would like to try to run Apache in prefork mode.
If I run apachectl -V to check which mode I'm in, I get this ...
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Apache runs several processes slows server, MYSQL can't connect, always fixed after reboot
My WordPress Web Server will run for 30 - 60 minutes (then go down, and run very slowly as a server, difficult to input using Putty, or KVM terminal), after a reboot it will run fine, then Apache will ...
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How do you tell Apache 2.4 which MPM to use on Amazon Linux?
How do I select which Apache MPM to use? talks about the pros and cons of the different MPMs. This question is: How does one tell Apache 2.4 which MPM to use?
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Apache not running as user with mpm_itk
I have mpm_prefork and mpm_itk loaded with Apache (on CentOS). A httpd -M | grep mpm reveals the following:
mpm_itk_module (shared)
mpm_prefork_module (shared)
I my vhost configuration I have ...
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How do I select which Apache MPM to use?
This is a Canonical Question about selecting the right Apache httpd MPM.
I'm a little confused between the different MPMs offered by Apache - 'worker', 'event', 'prefork', etc.
What are the major ...
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Apache prefork module. Processes not being forked under heavy load
I have an apache prefork module http server running on linux machine. The machine has 8GB RAM. I have following in my /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
<IfModule prefork.c>
StartServers 8
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Why so much maxrequestworkers suggestion by apachebuddy?
I am using a Ubuntu 18.04 server for hosting a big WordPress site, this site gets max 2500 visitor per day. My issue is my site going down every few minutes and showing 504 Gateway Time-out error. I ...
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Increase in memory utilization after upgrading to httpd 2.4.34 from 2.4.23 for 7.2
We upgraded from httpd 2.4.23 to 2.4.32 . After upgrade, we noticed mpm module got changed from preforx to event in 2.4.23
$ /apps/httpd.2.4.23/bin/httpd -M | grep mpm
mpm_prefork_module (...
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Apache Start Fails due to missing mpm module
I originally posted this question on StackOverflow. Before it was taken down as off topic, the answer and comments were leading to MPM not being loaded
I tried sudo apt-get install apache-mpm-prefork ...
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Tuning Apache2 prefork MaxClients ServerLimit
I have a machine with 128 GB Ram that is using Apache2 as Webserver (in this machine there is no Database Server, the Database Machine is a 64 GB Ram machine that can handle 2000 max connections). I ...
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prefork doesn't appear to be listening to MaxClients in config file
Apologies in advance if this is a stupid question, I'm new to all of this!
I have prefork installed on a ubuntu server which I confirmed by running
aptitude search apache2-mpm-
Which gave me
p ...
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Apapche + php-fpm + mysql too slow on powerful server
I'm trying to test load a LAMP application that my team developed and deployed on AWS ubuntu 14.04 using jmeter. We are using AWS CDN to serve static files, mysql and apache are on the same host.
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How to reduce server load with Apache PHP
Our Linode server load has increased in the last month running CentOS 7. I have upgraded to MariaDB 10.3 with PHP 7.2 now on CentOS 7.5 with 16GB of ram and 6 cores. MariaDB also on the server using ...
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One app, several virtual host and multiple apache instances
We are having a problem in witch from time to time our apache2 server stops working. When I try to restart it I need to first kill several existing running instances of apache.
Like this:
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reducing number of child processes on mpm prefork
I have a small CGI application served via Apache2 and I would like to reduce the number of child processes that Apache2 maintains.
Here's the configuration (very basic) that I have for mpm_prefork....
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Apache2,4 + Prefork + Keep-alive On
I'm trying to speed up a website with a lot of images that are served from a separate subdomain static.example.com (same IP as www.)
Using the pingdom tool noticed that first 5-6 requests (on static....
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Elastic Beanstalk Log Rotation Causing Apache Restart
I have already worked through AWS Elastic Beanstalk - Apache is restarting constantly
Our elastic beanstalk instances are reporting the following message in the error_log
[Mon Jun 26 22:01:01....
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How can I increase 5000 concurrent request with mpm_prefork on Apache
I've configured Apache web server on my CentOs sever machine. I want to increase 5000 concurrent request with MPM_Prefork. Please suggest best Prefork configuration for that. I've done Prefork ...
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Apache uses 100% CPU but only part of RAM on heavy load
I am running a Website that gets heavy usage at a particular time. I run apache 2.4 on an EC2 Ubuntu 16.04 server with 4 Core CPU and 16GB of RAM and 2GB Swap. Size of the average apache process is ...
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How many users can my server take? [duplicate]
I was told to switch to nginx or at least to mpm_worker. But really, how can I estimate if my server is not really overloaded even with mpm_prefork?
My system is:
GCP 1 CPU + 3,75GB
Debian 8
Apache ...