Changes between Version 87 and Version 88 of NewLiveServer


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Timestamp:
02/24/12 14:09:59 (5 years ago)
Author:
chris
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apache and ram docs updated

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  • NewLiveServer

    v87 v88  
    44This is the live server for '''[http://www.transitionnetwork.org/ www.transitionnetwork.org]''', '''[http://wiki.transitionnetwork.org/  wiki.transitionnetwork.org]''' and '''[http://static.transitionnetwork.org/  static.transitionnetwork.org]''', a list of these sites is available on the server at '''[http://quince.transitionnetwork.org/ quince.transitionnetwork.org]'''. 
    55 
    6 This is a debian Xen virtual server with 2GB ram, 32GB HDD, single partition, 4 processors and one IP address, 81.95.52.88. 
     6This is a debian Xen virtual server with 3GB ram, 32GB HDD, single partition, 4 processors and one IP address, 81.95.52.88. 
    77 
    88Munin starts for the server are available on [http://nsa.rat.burntout.org/munin/webarch.net/quince.webarch.net.html the webarchitects monitoring server] and on [https://kiwi.transitionnetwork.org/munin/webarch.net/quince.webarch.net.html the transition network development server]. 
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    2626{{{ 
    2727/usr/sbin/apache2 -v 
    28   Server version: Apache/2.2.9 (Debian) 
    29   Server built:   Apr 20 2010 15:40:17 
     28  Server version: Apache/2.2.16 (Debian) 
     29  Server built:   Feb  5 2012 21:35:42 
    3030/usr/sbin/apache2 -l  
    3131  Compiled in modules: 
    32     core.c 
    33     mod_log_config.c 
    34     mod_logio.c 
    35     prefork.c 
    36     http_core.c 
    37     mod_so.c 
    38 }}} 
    39  
    40 The main configuration file is /etc/apache2/apache2.conf and the virtual hosts are sym linked from /etc/apache2/sites-enabled 
     32  core.c 
     33  mod_log_config.c 
     34  mod_logio.c 
     35  prefork.c 
     36  http_core.c 
     37  mod_so.c 
     38}}} 
     39 
     40The main configuration file is /etc/apache2/apache2.conf and the virtual hosts are sym linked from /etc/apache2/sites-enabled, the key settings in the apache2.conf file relate to the maximun number of apache processes allowed, this is limited by the availale RAM: 
     41 
     42{{{ 
     43<IfModule mpm_prefork_module> 
     44    StartServers              6 
     45    MinSpareServers           4 
     46    MaxSpareServers           6 
     47    MaxClients               25 
     48    MaxRequestsPerChild   10000 
     49</IfModule> 
     50}}} 
     51 
     52The !MaxClients was incresed to 25 from 18 after additional RAM was made available to the server, see ticket:397 
    4153 
    4254After making any changes to the Apache configuration best do a configtest first to make sure the configuration is OK: