Hi, On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 9:11 AM, Norbert <ngrundma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > So: I am running apache 2.4 (on FreeBSD 11), use mod_perl and prefork. When > the server starts it creates several httpd processes all running under root. > This is ok. When a request arrives it creates subprocesses with the user > www:www (80:80) - everything ok. But now the question: why are the > processes with www:www user terminated after a short time / request? > Meaning: if I wait a short time, the mod_perl modules have allways been > "reinitailized", as far as I can so from my debugging output. Is there a way > to keep a fixed number of processes under www:www running - at least for > hours? I hope I could explain... Please have a look at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/fr/mod/prefork.html. The relevant directives are MinSpareServers and MaxSpareServers for the number of running processes, and MaxConnectionsPerChild for their lifetime. Regards, Yann. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx