Re: Apache 2.4 optimisation for a virtual server with low resources.

[Pablo Garcia Melga <malevo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Robin, I haven't tested on 2.4, but done many times on 2.2 and 1.3, I would compile it myself, just using the mods you need, and after that I would stripe the symbols to make the binary even smaller.

Hope it helps

Regards, Pablo

On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 7:42 PM, Robin de Haan <robin.dehaan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

I'm a web designer setting up a server for the first time using a very light Linode package with 1GB RAM and 1 CPU. It will host a Drupal site that gets low traffic. It's running Ubuntu 14.04 and Apache 2.4.7.

I'm following their set up guide here: https://www.linode.com/docs/websites/hosting-a-website/ which suggests editing apache2.conf with the following:

<IfModule mpm_prefork_module>
StartServers 2
MinSpareServers 6
MaxSpareServers 12
MaxClients 80
MaxRequestsPerChild 3000
</IfModule>

When I couldn't find anything like that code in the .conf file I checked with Linode support and was told that, from Apache 2.4 "This section is built-in now and not included in the apache2.conf" but when I asked how then to optimize Apache for a light server a different support person got back to me and said I could just add that code to the end of the .conf file.

I'm posting here hoping a specialist can clear this up or advise an alternative way to optimise Apache for this kind of server.

Thanks,
Robin