[CLUE-Tech] mod_rewrite and mod_throttle/suexec

[Nate Duehr]

Paul 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.
>
> Or has anyone found a different way to dynamically add or delete 
> virtual hosts without having to restart Apache?

Sending signal USR1 to apache will make it reload its configuration file 
without a complete restart.

I'm assuming this from looking at Debian's apache start-stop script 
/etc/init.d/apache :

  reload | force-reload)
    test_config
    echo -n "Reloading $NAME configuration"
    start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile $PIDFILE --signal USR1
    ;;

I think RedHat and variants have a similar option to their start-stop 
scripts.

Nate Duehr, nate at natetech.com