[warn] VirtualHost 10.2.5.101:443 overlaps with VirtualHost 10.2.5.101:443, the first has precedence, perhaps you need a NameVirtualHost directive
[root@thetor2017 conf]# service httpd restart
Stopping httpd: [ OK ]
Starting httpd: WARNING: MaxClients of 3000 exceeds ServerLimit value of 300 servers,
lowering MaxClients to 300. To increase........
check if Apache uses worker MPM or prefork MPM
apachectl -l
Compiled in modules:
core.c
prefork.c
http_core.c
mod_so.c
It is "prefork.c" so in httpd.conf these settings are what you would use (if you use worker.c it won't have any impact):
StartServers 2
MinSpareServers 5
MaxSpareServers&nb........
Apache MPM worker vs prefork
find what MPM Apache is using, it will either be using "worker" or "prefork"
apachectl -l
Compiled in modules:
core.c
prefork.c
http_core.c
mod_so.c
In my case it is "prefork"
vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Find the section that looks like this (by default one will normally exist for prefork and for worker, but in my case I only care a........
[error] server reached MaxClients setting, consider raising the MaxClients setting - Apache
Have you ever seen this dreaded message in your Apache/HTTPD /var/log/httpd/error_log?
[error] server reached MaxClients setting, consider raising the MaxClients setting
The error itself is slightly misleading. Ibelieve this happened to one of my servers, I found Apache was running still, and that you could telnet to port 80 but no respnose would be given.
For some reason my error log initially did not have the above error, but after a restart I saw........