Manage Apache Resources Limits With mod_slotlimit
Posted by Admin on February 6th, 2009
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Preparing Your system
In order to compile mod_slotlimit, you will need to have apxs2 (APache eXtension tool) installed and configured with Apache.
Use the following command to install
#apt-get install apache2-prefork-dev build-essential
Now we download the source package from here
wget http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mod-slotlimit/mod_slotlimit.tar.gz
Next open archive, compile and install module with those commands:
#tar zxvf mod_slotlimit.tar.gz
#cd mod_slotlimit-1.1
#make
#make install
This will complete the installation
Load Module
Now in the main config file add mod_slotlimit module.
#vi /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
LoadModule slotlimit_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_slotlimit.so
Configuring mod_slotlimit
Usefule Directives and if you want more check mod_slotlimit documentation
AvailableSlotsPercent – Percentage of apache slots available in order to activate dynamic slot allocation algorithm
MaxConnectionsPerSite – Max connections for each running site
LimitSite – Specific site to limit
LimitSiteConnections – Max connections for “LimitSite”
ClientIpLimit – Number of maximum simultaneous connection per IP
ForceVhostName – Force vhost hostname in scoreboard. Useful when vhost hostname do not match site visited, for example if you’re using mod_vhost_alias
Now edit apache2 configuration file
#vi /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
Add the following lines save and exit
<IfModule mod_slotlimit.c>
AvailableSlotsPercent 15
MaxConnectionsPerSite 30
LimitSite www.BadSite.xxx
LimitSiteConnections 15
ClientIpLimit 15
ForceVhostName On
</IfModule>
Now restart Apache server using the following command
#/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
