MaxClients exceeds ServerLimit value...see the ServerLimit directive

I want to set my serverLimit to 1024, and I am using prefork.c

So, went to prefork.c, made the change, did make, make install.

Then I did an apachectl stop && apachectl start

Not I change the directive again in httpd.conf but I'm still getting the following error:

MaxClients of 1024 exceeds ServerLimit value of 256 servers, lowering MaxClients to 256. To increase, please see the ServerLimit directive. Syntax OK

Any idea whatsoever I need to do?

Thanks..

Solution 1:

In Apache 2.x you don't need to modify source code for increasing maximum clients above 255 like in Apache 1.3 you had to.

Instead just tune your httpd.conf. Put there in prefork configuration section

ServerLimit 1024
MaxClients 1024

And you should be all set.