Apache Tuning Part 3

December 30th, 2008 Category: Apache

Some further settings which worked well for a server (1GB RAM, single CPU) with max. 120 users simultaneously and doing some video streaming. Settings are found in /etc/apache2/apache.conf

Timeout 30

KeepAlive On

MaxKeepAliveRequests 100

KeepAliveTimeout 5

<IfModule mpm_prefork_module>
StartServers         16
ServerLimit         512
MinSpareServers      16
MaxSpareServers      128
MaxClients          256
MaxRequestsPerChild 55555
</IfModule>

HostnameLookups Off

ServerTokens Prodme
ServerSignature Off
UseCanonicalName Off
TraceEnable Off

HostNameLookups Off are recommended in any case.