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| <manualpage metafile="fd-limits.xml.meta"> |
| <parentdocument href="./">Virtual Hosts</parentdocument> |
| <title>File Descriptor Limits</title> |
| |
| <summary> |
| |
| <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 <directive type="section" module="core">VirtualHost</directive> |
| 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 |
| |
| <example> |
| <code>#!/bin/sh<br /> |
| ulimit -S -n 100<br /> |
| exec httpd</code> |
| </example> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| |
| </summary> |
| |
| <section id="splitlogs"><title>Splitting up your log files</title> |
| |
| <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 <directive module="mod_log_config"> |
| LogFormat</directive> |
| directive, and the <code>%v</code> variable. Add this to the beginning |
| of your log format string:</p> |
| |
| <example> |
| LogFormat "%v %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" vhost<br /> |
| CustomLog logs/multiple_vhost_log vhost |
| </example> |
| |
| <p>This will create a log file in the common log format, but with the |
| canonical virtual host (whatever appears in the |
| <directive module="core">ServerName</directive> directive) prepended to |
| each line. (See <directive |
| module="mod_log_config">Custom Log Formats</directive> 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 distribution.</p> |
| |
| <p>Run this program with the command:</p> |
| |
| <example> |
| split-logfile < /logs/multiple_vhost_log |
| </example> |
| |
| <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> |
| |
| </section> |
| </manualpage> |
| |