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| <p>This document describes what a Multi-Processing Module is and |
| how they are used by the Apache HTTP Server.</p> |
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| <div id="quickview"><ul id="toc"><li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></li> |
| <li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#choosing">Choosing an MPM</a></li> |
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| <h2><a name="introduction" id="introduction">Introduction</a></h2> |
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| <p>The Apache HTTP Server is designed to be a powerful and |
| flexible web server that can work on a very wide variety of |
| platforms in a range of different environments. Different |
| platforms and different environments often require different |
| features, or may have different ways of implementing the same |
| feature most efficiently. Apache has always accommodated a wide |
| variety of environments through its modular design. This design |
| allows the webmaster to choose which features will be included |
| in the server by selecting which modules to load either at |
| compile-time or at run-time.</p> |
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| <p>Apache 2.0 extends this modular design to the most basic |
| functions of a web server. The server ships with a selection of |
| Multi-Processing Modules (MPMs) which are responsible for |
| binding to network ports on the machine, accepting requests, |
| and dispatching children to handle the requests.</p> |
| |
| <p>Extending the modular design to this level of the server |
| allows two important benefits:</p> |
| |
| <ul> |
| <li>Apache can more cleanly and efficiently support a wide |
| variety of operating systems. In particular, the Windows |
| version of Apache is now much more efficient, since |
| <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mpm_winnt.html">mpm_winnt</a></code> can use native |
| networking features in place of the POSIX layer used in |
| Apache 1.3. This benefit also extends to other operating |
| systems that implement specialized MPMs.</li> |
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| <li>The server can be better customized for the needs of the |
| particular site. For example, sites that need a great deal of |
| scalability can choose to use a threaded MPM like |
| <code class="module"><a href="./mod/worker.html">worker</a></code>, while sites requiring |
| stability or compatibility with older software can use a |
| <code class="module"><a href="./mod/prefork.html">prefork</a></code>. In addition, |
| special features like serving different hosts under different |
| userids (<code class="module"><a href="./mod/perchild.html">perchild</a></code>) can be |
| provided.</li> |
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| <p>At the user level, MPMs appear much like other Apache |
| modules. The main difference is that one and only one MPM must |
| be loaded into the server at any time. The list of available |
| MPMs appears on the <a href="mod/">module index page</a>.</p> |
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| <h2><a name="choosing" id="choosing">Choosing an MPM</a></h2> |
| |
| <p>MPMs must be chosen during configuration, and compiled into |
| the server. Compilers are capable of optimizing a lot of |
| functions if threads are used, but only if they know that |
| threads are being used.</p> |
| |
| <p>To actually choose the desired MPM, use the argument |
| <code>--with-mpm=<em>NAME</em></code> with the |
| <code class="program"><a href="./programs/configure.html">configure</a></code> script. <em>NAME</em> is the name of the |
| desired MPM.</p> |
| |
| <p>Once the server has been compiled, it is possible to |
| determine which MPM was chosen by using <code>./httpd |
| -l</code>. This command will list every module that is compiled |
| into the server, including the MPM.</p> |
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| <h2><a name="defaults" id="defaults">MPM Defaults</a></h2> |
| |
| <p>The following table lists the default MPMs for various operating |
| systems. This will be the MPM selected if you do not make another |
| choice at compile-time.</p> |
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| <tr><td>BeOS</td><td><code class="module"><a href="./mod/beos.html">beos</a></code></td></tr> |
| <tr><td>Netware</td><td><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mpm_netware.html">mpm_netware</a></code></td></tr> |
| <tr><td>OS/2</td><td><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mpmt_os2.html">mpmt_os2</a></code></td></tr> |
| <tr><td>Unix</td><td><code class="module"><a href="./mod/prefork.html">prefork</a></code></td></tr> |
| <tr><td>Windows</td><td><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mpm_winnt.html">mpm_winnt</a></code></td></tr> |
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