[CLUE-Tech] mod_rewrite and mod_throttle/suexec

[Paul]

I appreciate your answer.  It is most reassuring to know you are able 
to support that many virtual hosts on one machine.  :)

Does anyone on here use Cogent for their bandwidth, and what is their 
opinion of their service?

Paul




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On May 23, 2004, at 10:06 PM, Angelo Bertolli wrote:

>
>> The <VirtualHost> directive is a pain since I have to restart Apache 
>> every time there is a change.  I would like an option to do 
>> reconfiguration dynamically and prevent restarts.  I have also heard 
>> that too man <VirtualHost> entries begin to really slow Apache down, 
>> at least in its starts and stops.
>>
> We have 500 - 800 VirtualHost directives in httpd.conf on a machine 
> that
> isn't exactly cutting edge and the machine pauses for about 1 second to
> start httpd.
>
>> Mod_Rewrite seems like a really good option, but I fail to see a way 
>> to pass unique directives to each virtual host.  In particular, not 
>> all users have the same mod_throttle and suexec settings.  One option 
>> I thought of was to use .htaccess files, but again I have run across 
>> warnings of massive performance hits when using lots of these files.
>>
> I'm pretty sure the way Apache does things already is already the most
> efficient.  Even if you got mod_rewrite to work, it would slow down 
> your
> system more while it's actually running.  Honestly, the best answer to
> your problem is to dictate "Apache restarts once each hour" or whatever
> interval is good for you, and then when they add or remove a domain
> name, you tell them how much time is left before their changes will 
> take
> effect.
>
>
>
>
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