Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 3 Reference Manual

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Chapter 10. Apache HTTP Server 14110.5.9.6. ThreadsPerChildThis value is only used with the worker MPM. It sets the number of threads within each child process.The default value for this directive is 25.10.5.10. ListenThe Listen command identifies the ports on which the Web server accepts incoming requests. Bydefault, the Apache HTTP Server is set to listen to port 80 for non-secure Web communications and(in the /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf file which defines any secure servers) to port 443 for secureWeb communications.If the Apache HTTP Server is configured to listen to a port under 1024, only the root user can start it.For port 1024 and above, httpd can be started as a regular user.The Listen directive can also be used to specify particular IP addresses over which the server acceptsconnections.10.5.11. IncludeInclude allows other configuration files to be included at runtime.The path to these configuration files can be absolute or relative to the ServerRoot.ImportantFor the server to use individually packaged modules, such as mod_ssl, mod_perl, and php, thefollowing directive must be included in Section 1: Global Environment of httpd.conf:Include conf.d/*.conf10.5.12. LoadModuleLoadModule is used to load in Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) modules. More information on theApache HTTP Server’s DSO support, including instructions for using the LoadModule directive, canbe found in Section 10.7 Adding Modules. Note, the load order of the modules is no longer importantwith Apache HTTP Server 2.0. Refer to Section 10.2.1.3 Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) Support formore information about Apache HTTP Server 2.0 DSO support.10.5.13. ExtendedStatusThe ExtendedStatus directive controls whether Apache generates basic (off) or detailed serverstatus information (on), when the server-status handler is called. The Server-status handleris called using Location tags. More information on calling server-status is included in Section10.5.59 Location.