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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE modulesynopsis SYSTEM "../style/modulesynopsis.dtd">
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../style/manual.en.xsl"?>
<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>