Getting the number of current connections

[YCL]

Hi all,<br><br>From time to time, we need to restart&nbsp;&nbsp;apache after the config file is changed, but we don't want to shut down apache when there are live connections.<br><br>Is there a way of knowing how many people are connecting to the Apache server at a given time?<br><br>

 

[AndyBo]

You could enable the &quot;Apache status&quot; directive at the end of httpd.conf.&nbsp;&nbsp;This will let you go to a status URL (and you can specify IP addresses that are allowed to do this) and view the number of current connections.<br><br>However, if you're waiting for there to be zero connections, you could be waiting a while...&nbsp;&nbsp;I would just bite the bullet and do an &quot;apachectl restart&quot; at a time when the system is likely to be at it's least busy.&nbsp;&nbsp;A the worst, people browsing may just have a slightly longer wait for pages, or maybe get a &quot;cannot connect&quot; message in their browser. <p> <br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href= > </a><br>--<br>
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