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- <a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">HTTP Server</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-project/">Documentation</a> > <a href="../">Version 2.0</a> > <a href="./">Virtual Hosts</a></div><div id="page-content"><div id="preamble"><h1>File Descriptor Limits</h1>
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- <p>When using a large number of Virtual Hosts, Apache may run
- out of available file descriptors (sometimes called <cite>file
- handles</cite>) if each Virtual Host specifies different log
- files. The total number of file descriptors used by Apache is
- one for each distinct error log file, one for every other log
- file directive, plus 10-20 for internal use. Unix operating
- systems limit the number of file descriptors that may be used
- by a process; the limit is typically 64, and may usually be
- increased up to a large hard-limit.</p>
-
- <p>Although Apache attempts to increase the limit as required,
- this may not work if:</p>
-
- <ol>
- <li>Your system does not provide the <code>setrlimit()</code>
- system call.</li>
-
- <li>The <code>setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE)</code> call does not
- function on your system (such as Solaris 2.3)</li>
-
- <li>The number of file descriptors required exceeds the hard
- limit.</li>
-
- <li>Your system imposes other limits on file descriptors,
- such as a limit on stdio streams only using file descriptors
- below 256. (Solaris 2)</li>
- </ol>
-
- <p>In the event of problems you can:</p>
-
- <ul>
- <li>Reduce the number of log files; don't specify log files
- in the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#virtualhost"><VirtualHost></a></code>
- sections, but only log to the main log files. (See <a href="#splitlogs">Splitting up your log files</a>, below, for more
- information on doing this.)</li>
-
- <li>
- If you system falls into 1 or 2 (above), then increase the
- file descriptor limit before starting Apache, using a
- script like
-
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- <code>#!/bin/sh<br />
- ulimit -S -n 100<br />
- exec httpd</code>
- </code></p></div>
- </li>
- </ul>
-
- <p>Please see the <a href="../misc/descriptors.html">Descriptors and Apache</a>
- document containing further details about file descriptor
- problems and how they can be solved on your operating
- system.</p>
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- <h2><a name="splitlogs" id="splitlogs">Splitting up your log files</a></h2>
-
- <p>If you want to log multiple virtual hosts to the same log file, you
- may want to split up the log files afterwards in order to run
- statistical analysis of the various virtual hosts. This can be
- accomplished in the following manner.</p>
-
- <p>First, you will need to add the virtual host information to the log
- entries. This can be done using the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_log_config.html#
logformat">
- LogFormat</a></code>
- directive, and the <code>%v</code> variable. Add this to the beginning
- of your log format string:</p>
-
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- LogFormat "%v %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" vhost<br />
- CustomLog logs/multiple_vhost_log vhost
- </code></p></div>
-
- <p>This will create a log file in the common log format, but with the
- canonical virtual host (whatever appears in the
- <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#servername">ServerName</a></code> directive) prepended to
- each line. (See <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_log_config.html#custom log formats">Custom Log Formats</a></code> for
- more about customizing your log files.)</p>
-
- <p>When you wish to split your log file into its component parts (one
- file per virtual host) you can use the program <code><a href="../programs/other.html">split-logfile</a></code> to accomplish
- this. You'll find this program in the <code>support</code> directory
- of the Apache disribution.</p>
-
- <p>Run this program with the command:</p>
-
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- split-logfile < /logs/multiple_vhost_log
- </code></p></div>
-
- <p>This program, when run with the name of your vhost log file, will
- generate one file for each virtual host that appears in your log file.
- Each file will be called <code>hostname.log</code>.</p>
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