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- <!DOCTYPE modulesynopsis SYSTEM "../style/modulesynopsis.dtd">
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- <modulesynopsis>
-
- <name>perchild</name>
- <description>Multi-Processing Module allowing for daemon processes
- serving requests to be assigned a variety of different
- userids</description>
- <status>MPM</status>
- <sourcefile>perchild.c</sourcefile>
- <identifier>mpm_perchild_module</identifier>
-
- <summary>
- <note type="warning">
- This MPM does not currently work on most platforms. Work is ongoing to
- make it functional.
- </note>
-
- <p>This Multi-Processing Module (MPM) implements a hybrid
- multi-process, multi-threaded web server. A fixed number of
- processes create threads to handle requests. Fluctuations in
- load are handled by increasing or decreasing the number of
- threads in each process.</p>
-
- <p>A single control process launches the number of child processes
- indicated by the <directive
- module="mpm_common">NumServers</directive> directive at server
- startup. Each child process creates threads as specified in the
- <directive module="mpm_common">StartThreads</directive> directive.
- The individual threads then
- listen for connections and serve them when they arrive.</p>
-
- <p>Apache always tries to maintain a pool of <em>spare</em> or
- idle server threads, which stand ready to serve incoming
- requests. In this way, clients do not need to wait for new
- threads to be created. For each child process, Apache assesses
- the number of idle threads and creates or destroys threads to
- keep this number within the boundaries specified by
- <directive module="mpm_common">MinSpareThreads</directive>
- and <directive module="mpm_common">MaxSpareThreads</directive>.
- Since this process is very self-regulating, it is rarely
- necessary to modify these directives from their default values.
- The maximum number of clients that may be served simultaneously
- is determined by multiplying the number of server processes
- that will be created (<directive
- module="mpm_common">NumServers</directive>) by the maximum
- number of threads created in each process
- (<directive module="mpm_common">MaxThreadsPerChild</directive>).</p>
-
- <p>While the parent process is usually started as root under
- Unix in order to bind to port 80, the child processes and
- threads are launched by Apache as a less-privileged user. The
- <directive module="mpm_common">User</directive> and <directive
- module="mpm_common">Group</directive> directives are used to
- set the privileges of the Apache 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. In addition, unless <a
- href="../suexec.html">suexec</a> is used, these directives also
- set the privileges which will be inherited by CGI scripts.</p>
-
- <p><directive module="mpm_common">MaxRequestsPerChild</directive>
- controls how frequently the
- server recycles processes by killing old ones and launching new
- ones.</p>
-
- <p>See also: <a href="../bind.html">Setting which addresses and
- ports Apache uses</a>.</p>
-
- <p>In addition it adds the extra ability to specify that
- specific processes should serve requests under different
- userids. These processes can then be associated with specific
- virtual hosts.</p>
- <!-- XXX: This desperately needs more explanation. -->
- </summary>
-
- <directivesynopsis location="mpm_common">
- <name>CoreDumpDirectory</name>
- </directivesynopsis>
- <directivesynopsis location="mpm_common">
- <name>Group</name>
- </directivesynopsis>
- <directivesynopsis location="mpm_common">
- <name>PidFile</name>
- </directivesynopsis>
- <directivesynopsis location="mpm_common">
- <name>Listen</name>
- </directivesynopsis>
- <directivesynopsis location="mpm_common">
- <name>ListenBacklog</name>
- </directivesynopsis>
- <directivesynopsis location="mpm_common">
- <name>LockFile</name>
- </directivesynopsis>
- <directivesynopsis location="mpm_common">
- <name>MaxRequestsPerChild</name>
- </directivesynopsis>
- <directivesynopsis location="mpm_common">
- <name>MaxSpareThreads</name>
- </directivesynopsis>
- <directivesynopsis location="mpm_common">
- <name>MaxThreadsPerChild</name>
- </directivesynopsis>
- <directivesynopsis location="mpm_common">
- <name>MinSpareThreads</name>
- </directivesynopsis>
- <directivesynopsis location="mpm_common">
- <name>NumServers</name>
- </directivesynopsis>
- <directivesynopsis location="mpm_common">
- <name>ScoreBoardFile</name>
- </directivesynopsis>
- <directivesynopsis location="mpm_common">
- <name>SendBufferSize</name>
- </directivesynopsis>
- <directivesynopsis location="mpm_common">
- <name>StartThreads</name>
- </directivesynopsis>
- <directivesynopsis location="mpm_common">
- <name>User</name>
- </directivesynopsis>
-
- <directivesynopsis>
- <name>AssignUserId</name>
- <syntax>AssignUserID <em>user_id</em> <em>group_id</em></syntax>
- <contextlist><context>virtual host</context></contextlist>
-
- <usage>
- <p>Tie a virtual host to a specific child process. Requests addressed to
- the virtual host where this directive appears will be served by the process
- running with the specified user and group id.</p>
- </usage>
- </directivesynopsis>
-
- <directivesynopsis>
- <name>ChildPerUserId</name>
- <syntax>ChildPerUserID <em>user_id</em>
- <em>group_id</em> <em>child_id</em></syntax>
- <contextlist><context>server config</context></contextlist>
-
- <usage>
- <p>Specify a user id and group id for a specific child process. The number of
- children is set by the <directive module="mpm_common">NumServers</directive>
- directive. For example, the default value for <directive
- module="mpm_common">NumServers</directive> is 5 and that means
- children ids 1,2,3,4 and 5 are available for assigment. If a child does not
- have an associated ChildPerUserID, it inherits the <directive
- module="mpm_common">User</directive> and <directive
- module="mpm_common">Group</directive> settings from the main server </p>
- </usage>
- </directivesynopsis>
-
- </modulesynopsis>
-
-