Tuning Apache Web Server Parameters (Apache Users)

Hi all,

I'm working on a project to dynamically tune the parameters of the Apache web server. I'm particularly looking at changing MaxRequestWorkers (formerly known as MaxClients) parameter by looking at runtime characteristics. I have tried setting the parameter using the /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file, and gracefully restarting the server. However, the value set for MaxRequestWorkers does not seem to get reflected after the restart (I checked the running processes). Is there any alternative way of doing this?

I have found similar work [1] doing the same thing, but could not find their implementations.

Any help or pointers would be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Best regards,

Supun

[1] http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.92.8159&rep=rep1&type=pdf

Supun Abeysinghe

Undergrad, Department of Computer Science and Engineering,

University of Moratuwa, Faculty of Engineering.
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