I would just leave the stock configuration. If anything goes wrong play with the config then.
On 08/11/2014 05:42 PM, Robin de Haan wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a web designer setting up a server for the first time using a very > light Linode package with 1GB RAM and 1 CPU. It will host a Drupal > site that gets low traffic. It's running Ubuntu 14.04 and Apache 2.4.7. > > I'm following their set up guide here: > https://www.linode.com/docs/websites/hosting-a-website/ which suggests > editing apache2.conf with the following: > > <IfModule mpm_prefork_module> > StartServers 2 > MinSpareServers 6 > MaxSpareServers 12 > MaxClients 80 > MaxRequestsPerChild 3000 > </IfModule> > > When I couldn't find anything like that code in the .conf file I > checked with Linode support and was told that, from Apache 2.4 "This > section is built-in now and not included in the apache2.conf" but when > I asked how then to optimize Apache for a light server a different > support person got back to me and said I could just add that code to > the end of the .conf file. > > I'm posting here hoping a specialist can clear this up or advise an > alternative way to optimise Apache for this kind of server. > > Thanks, > Robin
