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+<p class="apache">Apache HTTP Server Version 2.5</p>
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+<div class="up"><a href="./"><img title="&lt;-" alt="&lt;-" src="../images/left.gif" /></a></div>
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+<a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a> &gt; <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">HTTP Server</a> &gt; <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/">Documentation</a> &gt; <a href="../">Version 2.5</a> &gt; <a href="./">Modules</a></div>
+<div id="page-content">
+<div id="preamble"><h1>Apache MPM prefork</h1>
+<div class="toplang">
+<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../de/mod/prefork.html" hreflang="de" rel="alternate" title="Deutsch">&nbsp;de&nbsp;</a> |
+<a href="../en/mod/prefork.html" title="English">&nbsp;en&nbsp;</a> |
+<a href="../fr/mod/prefork.html" hreflang="fr" rel="alternate" title="Français">&nbsp;fr&nbsp;</a> |
+<a href="../ja/mod/prefork.html" hreflang="ja" rel="alternate" title="Japanese">&nbsp;ja&nbsp;</a> |
+<a href="../tr/mod/prefork.html" hreflang="tr" rel="alternate" title="Türkçe">&nbsp;tr&nbsp;</a></p>
+</div>
+<table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Implements a non-threaded, pre-forking web server</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>MPM</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module Identifier:</a></th><td>mpm_prefork_module</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source File:</a></th><td>prefork.c</td></tr></table>
+<h3>Summary</h3>
+
     <p>This Multi-Processing Module (MPM) implements a non-threaded,
-    pre-forking web server that handles requests in a manner similar
-    to Apache 1.3.  It is appropriate for sites that need to avoid
+    pre-forking web server. Each server process may answer incoming
+    requests, and a parent process manages the size of the server pool.
+    It is appropriate for sites that need to avoid
     threading for compatibility with non-thread-safe libraries.  It
     is also the best MPM for isolating each request, so that a problem
     with a single request will not affect any other.</p>
 
     <p>This MPM is very self-regulating, so it is rarely necessary to
     adjust its configuration directives.  Most important is that
-    <a href="mpm_common.html#maxclients" class="directive"><code class="directive">MaxClients</code></a> be big enough to 
-    handle as many simultaneous requests as you expect to receive, but
+    <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mpm_common.html#maxrequestworkers">MaxRequestWorkers</a></code> be big enough
+    to handle as many simultaneous requests as you expect to receive, but
     small enough to assure that there is enough physical RAM for all
     processes.</p>
-
-<h2>Directives</h2><ul><li><a href="#acceptmutex">AcceptMutex</a></li><li><a href="mpm_common.html#coredumpdirectory">CoreDumpDirectory</a></li><li><a href="mpm_common.html#group">Group</a></li><li><a href="mpm_common.html#listen">Listen</a></li><li><a href="mpm_common.html#listenbacklog">ListenBacklog</a></li><li><a href="mpm_common.html#lockfile">LockFile</a></li><li><a href="mpm_common.html#maxclients">MaxClients</a></li><li><a href="mpm_common.html#maxrequestsperchild">MaxRequestsPerChild</a></li><li><a href="mpm_common.html#maxspareservers">MaxSpareServers</a></li><li><a href="#maxspareservers">MaxSpareServers</a></li><li><a href="mpm_common.html#minspareservers">MinSpareServers</a></li><li><a href="#minspareservers">MinSpareServers</a></li><li><a href="mpm_common.html#pidfile">PidFile</a></li><li><a href="mpm_common.html#scoreboardfile">ScoreBoardFile</a></li><li><a href="mpm_common.html#sendbuffersize">SendBufferSize</a></li><li><a href="mpm_common.html#serverlimit">ServerLimit</a></li><li><a href="mpm_common.html#startservers">StartServers</a></li><li><a href="mpm_common.html#user">User</a></li></ul><p><strong>See also </strong></p><ul><li><a href="../bind.html">Setting which addresses and
-    ports Apache uses</a></li></ul><h2>How it Works</h2>
+</div>
+<div id="quickview"><h3>Topics</h3>
+<ul id="topics">
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#how-it-works">How it Works</a></li>
+</ul><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
+<ul id="toc">
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#coredumpdirectory">CoreDumpDirectory</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#enableexceptionhook">EnableExceptionHook</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mod_unixd.html#group">Group</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#listen">Listen</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#listenbacklog">ListenBacklog</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#maxconnectionsperchild">MaxConnectionsPerChild</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#maxmemfree">MaxMemFree</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#maxrequestworkers">MaxRequestWorkers</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#maxspareservers">MaxSpareServers</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#minspareservers">MinSpareServers</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#pidfile">PidFile</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#receivebuffersize">ReceiveBufferSize</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#scoreboardfile">ScoreBoardFile</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#sendbuffersize">SendBufferSize</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#serverlimit">ServerLimit</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#startservers">StartServers</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mod_unixd.html#user">User</a></li>
+</ul>
+<h3>Bugfix checklist</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4">httpd changelog</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=__open__&amp;list_id=144532&amp;product=Apache%20httpd-2&amp;query_format=specific&amp;order=changeddate%20DESC%2Cpriority%2Cbug_severity&amp;component=mpm_prefork">Known issues</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Apache%20httpd-2&amp;component=mpm_prefork">Report a bug</a></li></ul><h3>See also</h3>
+<ul class="seealso">
+<li><a href="../bind.html">Setting which addresses and ports Apache HTTP Server
+uses</a></li>
+<li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="section">
+<h2><a name="how-it-works" id="how-it-works">How it Works</a></h2>
     <p>A single control process is responsible for launching child
     processes which listen for connections and serve them when they
-    arrive. Apache always tries to maintain several <em>spare</em>
+    arrive. Apache httpd always tries to maintain several <dfn>spare</dfn>
     or idle server processes, which stand ready to serve incoming
     requests. In this way, clients do not need to wait for a new
     child processes to be forked before their requests can be
     served.</p>
 
-    <p>The <a href="mpm_common.html#startservers" class="directive"><code class="directive">StartServers</code></a>,
-    <a href="#minspareservers" class="directive"><code class="directive">MinSpareServers</code></a>,
-    <a href="#maxspareservers" class="directive"><code class="directive">MaxSpareServers</code></a>, and
-    <a href="mpm_common.html#maxclients" class="directive"><code class="directive">MaxClients</code></a> regulate how
+    <p>The <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mpm_common.html#startservers">StartServers</a></code>,
+    <code class="directive"><a href="#minspareservers">MinSpareServers</a></code>,
+    <code class="directive"><a href="#maxspareservers">MaxSpareServers</a></code>, and
+    <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mpm_common.html#maxrequestworkers">MaxRequestWorkers</a></code> regulate how
     the parent process creates children to serve requests. In general,
-    Apache is very self-regulating, so most sites do not need to
+    Apache httpd is very self-regulating, so most sites do not need to
     adjust these directives from their default values. Sites which
     need to serve more than 256 simultaneous requests may need to
-    increase <a href="mpm_common.html#maxclients" class="directive"><code class="directive">MaxClients</code></a>,
-    while sites with limited memory may need to decrease <a href="mpm_common.html#maxclients" class="directive"><code class="directive">MaxClients</code></a> to keep the server from
+    increase <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mpm_common.html#maxrequestworkers">MaxRequestWorkers</a></code>,
+    while sites with limited memory may need to decrease <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mpm_common.html#maxrequestworkers">MaxRequestWorkers</a></code> to keep the server from
     thrashing (swapping memory to disk and back). More information
     about tuning process creation is provided in the <a href="../misc/perf-tuning.html">performance hints</a>
     documentation.</p>
 
-    <p>While the parent process is usually started as root under Unix
-    in order to bind to port 80, the child processes are launched by
-    Apache as a less-privileged user. The <a href="mpm_common.html#user" class="directive"><code class="directive">User</code></a> and <a href="mpm_common.html#group" class="directive"><code class="directive">Group</code></a> directives are used to set
-    the privileges of the Apache child processes. The child processes
+    <p>While the parent process is usually started as <code>root</code>
+    under Unix in order to bind to port 80, the child processes are
+    launched by Apache httpd as a less-privileged user. The <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_unixd.html#user">User</a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_unixd.html#group">Group</a></code> directives are used to set
+    the privileges of the Apache httpd child processes. The child processes
     must be able to read all the content that will be served, but
     should have as few privileges beyond that as possible.</p>
 
-    <p><a href="mpm_common.html#maxrequestsperchild" class="directive"><code class="directive">MaxRequestsPerChild</code></a>
+    <p><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mpm_common.html#maxconnectionsperchild">MaxConnectionsPerChild</a></code>
     controls how frequently the server recycles processes by killing
     old ones and launching new ones.</p>
-<hr/><h2><a name="AcceptMutex">AcceptMutex</a> <a name="acceptmutex">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Method that Apache uses to serialize multiple children
-accepting requests on network sockets</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>AcceptMutex default|<em>method</em></td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>AcceptMutex default</code></td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>MPM</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>prefork</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
-    <p>The <code class="directive">AcceptMutex</code> directives sets the
-    method that Apache uses to serialize multiple children accepting
-    requests on network sockets. Prior to Apache 2.0, the method was
-    selectable only at compile time. The optimal method to use is
-    highly architecture and platform dependent. For further details,
-    see the <a href="../misc/perf-tuning.html">performance tuning</a>
-    documentation.</p>
-
-    <p>If this directive is set to <code>default</code>, then the
-    compile-time selected default will be used. Other possible
-    methods are listed below. Note that not all methods are
-    available on all platforms. If a method is specified which is
-    not available, a message will be written to the error log
-    listing the available methods.</p>
-
-    <dl>
-      <dt><code>flock</code></dt>
-
-      <dd>uses the <code>flock(2)</code> system call to lock the
-      file defined by the <a href="mpm_common.html#lockfile" class="directive"><code class="directive">LockFile</code></a> directive.</dd>
-
-      <dt><code>fcntl</code></dt>
 
-      <dd>uses the <code>fnctl(2)</code> system call to lock the
-      file defined by the <a href="mpm_common.html#lockfile" class="directive"><code class="directive">LockFile</code></a> directive.</dd>
-
-      <dt><code>sysvsem</code></dt>
-
-      <dd>uses SySV-style semaphores to implement the mutex.</dd>
-
-      <dt><code>pthread</code></dt>
-
-      <dd>uses POSIX mutexes as implemented by the POSIX Threads
-      (PThreads) specification.</dd>
-    </dl>
-<hr/><h2><a name="MaxSpareServers">MaxSpareServers</a> <a name="maxspareservers">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Maximum number of idle child server processes</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>MaxSpareServers <em>number</em><br></td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>MaxSpareServers 10</code></td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>MPM</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>prefork</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
+    <p>This MPM uses the <code>mpm-accept</code> mutex to serialize
+    access to incoming connections when subject to the thundering herd
+    problem (generally, when there are multiple listening sockets).
+    The implementation aspects of this mutex can be configured with the
+    <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#mutex">Mutex</a></code> directive.  The <a href="../misc/perf-tuning.html">performance hints</a>
+    documentation has additional information about this mutex.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="MaxSpareServers" id="MaxSpareServers">MaxSpareServers</a> <a name="maxspareservers" id="maxspareservers">Directive</a></h2>
+<table class="directive">
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maximum number of idle child server processes</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>MaxSpareServers <var>number</var></code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>MaxSpareServers 10</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>MPM</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>prefork</td></tr>
+</table>
     <p>The <code class="directive">MaxSpareServers</code> directive sets the
     desired maximum number of <em>idle</em> child server processes. An
     idle process is one which is not handling a request. If there are
-    more than MaxSpareServers idle, then the parent process will kill
-    off the excess processes.</p>
+    more than <code class="directive">MaxSpareServers</code> idle, then the
+    parent process will kill off the excess processes.</p>
 
     <p>Tuning of this parameter should only be necessary on very
     busy sites. Setting this parameter to a large number is almost
-    always a bad idea.</p>
-<p><strong>See also </strong></p><ul><li><a href="#minspareservers" class="directive"><code class="directive">MinSpareServers</code></a></li><li><a href="mpm_common.html#startservers" class="directive"><code class="directive">StartServers</code></a></li></ul><hr/><h2><a name="MinSpareServers">MinSpareServers</a> <a name="minspareservers">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Minimum number of idle child server processes</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>MinSpareServers <em>number</em></td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>MinSpareServers  5</code></td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>MPM</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>prefork</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
+    always a bad idea. If you are trying to set the value equal to or lower than
+    <code class="directive"><a href="#minspareservers">MinSpareServers</a></code>, Apache HTTP Server
+    will automatically adjust it to <code class="directive">MinSpareServers</code><code> + 1</code>.</p>
+
+<h3>See also</h3>
+<ul>
+<li><code class="directive"><a href="#minspareservers">MinSpareServers</a></code></li>
+<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mpm_common.html#startservers">StartServers</a></code></li>
+<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mpm_common.html#maxsparethreads">MaxSpareThreads</a></code></li>
+</ul>
+</div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="MinSpareServers" id="MinSpareServers">MinSpareServers</a> <a name="minspareservers" id="minspareservers">Directive</a></h2>
+<table class="directive">
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Minimum number of idle child server processes</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>MinSpareServers <var>number</var></code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>MinSpareServers 5</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>MPM</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>prefork</td></tr>
+</table>
     <p>The <code class="directive">MinSpareServers</code> directive sets the
     desired minimum number of <em>idle</em> child server processes. An
     idle process is one which is not handling a request. If there are
-    fewer than MinSpareServers idle, then the parent process creates
-    new children at a maximum rate of 1 per second.</p>
+    fewer than <code class="directive">MinSpareServers</code> idle, then the parent
+    process creates new children: It will spawn one, wait a second, then spawn
+    two, wait a second, then spawn four, and it will
+    continue exponentially until it is spawning 32 children per second. It will
+    stop whenever it satisfies the <code class="directive">MinSpareServers</code>
+    setting.</p>
 
     <p>Tuning of this parameter should only be necessary on very
     busy sites. Setting this parameter to a large number is almost
     always a bad idea.</p>
-<p><strong>See also </strong></p><ul><li><a href="#maxspareservers" class="directive"><code class="directive">MaxSpareServers</code></a></li><li><a href="mpm_common.html#startservers" class="directive"><code class="directive">StartServers</code></a></li></ul><hr/></blockquote><h3 align="center">Apache HTTP Server Version 2.0</h3><a href="./"><img src="../images/index.gif" alt="Index"/></a><a href="../"><img src="../images/home.gif" alt="Home"/></a></body></html>
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+<ul>
+<li><code class="directive"><a href="#maxspareservers">MaxSpareServers</a></code></li>
+<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mpm_common.html#startservers">StartServers</a></code></li>
+<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mpm_common.html#minsparethreads">MinSpareThreads</a></code></li>
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