Robin, I haven't tested on 2.4, but done many times on 2.2 and 1.3, I would compile it myself, just using the mods you need, and after that I would stripe the symbols to make the binary even smaller.
Hope it helps Regards, Pablo On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 7:42 PM, Robin de Haan <robin.deh...@gmail.com> 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 >
