The culprit is mod_php here (php7_module). I highly recommend unloading that module, and using php-fpm to serve your php content:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/HTTPD/PHP-FPM On Mon, 4 Apr 2022 at 09:50, Paul Gregory <pa...@aquaticsafaris.com> wrote: > Sure thing. Here it is. > > # ./apachectl -M > Loaded Modules: > core_module (static) > so_module (static) > http_module (static) > mpm_event_module (static) > authn_file_module (shared) > authn_core_module (shared) > authz_host_module (shared) > authz_groupfile_module (shared) > authz_user_module (shared) > authz_core_module (shared) > access_compat_module (shared) > auth_basic_module (shared) > socache_shmcb_module (shared) > reqtimeout_module (shared) > include_module (shared) > filter_module (shared) > mime_module (shared) > log_config_module (shared) > env_module (shared) > expires_module (shared) > headers_module (shared) > setenvif_module (shared) > version_module (shared) > ssl_module (shared) > unixd_module (shared) > status_module (shared) > autoindex_module (shared) > info_module (shared) > cgid_module (shared) > dir_module (shared) > alias_module (shared) > rewrite_module (shared) > http2_module (shared) > php7_module (shared) > jk_module (shared) > > > Thanks, > Paul > > On 4/4/22 7:56 AM, Frank Gingras wrote: > > The output from apachectl -M would help. > > On Mon, 4 Apr 2022 at 08:18, Paul Gregory <pa...@aquaticsafaris.com> > wrote: > >> Hello, >> httpd is eating my server memory. 12GB of installed memory. >> I've read a lot of info on memory tuning, but can't seem to make it use >> less than shown below. >> >> Thanks for any and all help, >> Paul >> >> PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ >> COMMAND >> 15890 apache 20 0 4291252 1.6g 10544 S 0.0 14.1 4:45.03 httpd >> 15891 apache 20 0 4383160 1.5g 10640 S 0.0 14.0 5:32.65 httpd >> 15756 apache 20 0 4156040 1.4g 10260 S 0.0 12.7 2:26.57 httpd >> 15730 apache 20 0 3697448 980.4m 9888 S 0.0 8.7 1:07.23 httpd >> 15729 apache 20 0 3229884 810576 6928 S 0.0 7.0 0:50.16 httpd >> >> Server info: >> # ./apachectl -V >> Server version: Apache/2.4.53 (Unix) >> Server built: Apr 3 2022 08:22:55 >> Server's Module Magic Number: 20120211:124 >> Server loaded: APR 1.7.0, APR-UTIL 1.6.1, PCRE 8.32 2012-11-30 >> Compiled using: APR 1.7.0, APR-UTIL 1.6.1, PCRE 8.32 2012-11-30 >> Architecture: 64-bit >> Server MPM: event >> threaded: yes (fixed thread count) >> forked: yes (variable process count) >> Server compiled with.... >> -D APR_HAS_SENDFILE >> -D APR_HAS_MMAP >> -D APR_HAVE_IPV6 (IPv4-mapped addresses enabled) >> -D APR_USE_PROC_PTHREAD_SERIALIZE >> -D APR_USE_PTHREAD_SERIALIZE >> -D SINGLE_LISTEN_UNSERIALIZED_ACCEPT >> -D APR_HAS_OTHER_CHILD >> -D AP_HAVE_RELIABLE_PIPED_LOGS >> -D DYNAMIC_MODULE_LIMIT=256 >> -D HTTPD_ROOT="/usr/local/apache-2.4.53" >> -D SUEXEC_BIN="/usr/local/apache-2.4.53/bin/suexec" >> -D DEFAULT_PIDLOG="logs/httpd.pid" >> -D DEFAULT_SCOREBOARD="logs/apache_runtime_status" >> -D DEFAULT_ERRORLOG="logs/error_log" >> -D AP_TYPES_CONFIG_FILE="conf/mime.types" >> -D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="conf/httpd.conf" >> >> MPM event settings: >> <IfModule mpm_event_module> >> StartServers 5 >> MinSpareThreads 50 >> MaxSpareThreads 150 >> ThreadsPerChild 25 >> MaxRequestWorkers 200 >> MaxConnectionsPerChild 1000 >> </IfModule> >> >> >