Hi,
Why does apache-mod_ssl delay on forking off children until the first HTTP
request comes in, while an unencumbered apache server forks the children off
immediately on startup?
I did a quick search of the archives and didn't see any discussion about
this. This behavior in itself does not really bother me much, but I want to
make sure that Ralf knows this is happening. I have the feeling that this
_might_ be some dormant bug. So, just giving you a heads up...
Here's the evidence:
[root@hobbes test]# ./apachectl startssl
./apachectl startssl: httpd started
[root@hobbes test]# ps axf | grep /usr/bin/httpd
5484 ? R 0:07 /usr/bin/httpd -d /usr/apache/test -DSSL
[root@hobbes test]# lynx -dump http://localhost:2222/ >/dev/null
[root@hobbes test]# ps axf | grep /usr/bin/httpd
5484 ? S 0:09 /usr/bin/httpd -d /usr/apache/test -DSSL
5487 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/httpd -d /usr/apache/test -DSSL
5488 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/httpd -d /usr/apache/test -DSSL
5489 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/httpd -d /usr/apache/test -DSSL
5490 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/httpd -d /usr/apache/test -DSSL
5491 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/httpd -d /usr/apache/test -DSSL
[root@hobbes test]# ./apachectl stop
./apachectl stop: httpd stopped
[root@hobbes test]#
[root@hobbes test]#
[root@hobbes test]# ./apachectl start
./apachectl start: httpd started
[root@hobbes test]# ps axf | grep /usr/bin/httpd
5519 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/httpd -d /usr/apache/test
5520 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/httpd -d /usr/apache/test
5521 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/httpd -d /usr/apache/test
5522 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/httpd -d /usr/apache/test
5523 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/httpd -d /usr/apache/test
5524 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/httpd -d /usr/apache/test
[root@hobbes test]#
I'm using mod_ssl-2.2.8-1.3.6 with openssl-0.9.2b.
System is: Red Hat Linux 5.1
Uname -a says: Linux hobbes 2.0.35 #1 Tue Jul 14 23:56:39 EDT 1998 i486
unknown
Config file available upon request.
- David Harris
Principal Engineer, DRH Internet Services
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