[TriLUG] Apache config file mistake?

[Joseph Tate]

File a bug.  The allowed values are On and Off: 
http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/core.html#keepalive

Yes Red Hat installes their own conf file.

Chris Merrill wrote:

> While doing some performance measurements this morning, I noticed
> that our Apache server was not using persistent connections.
> I checked the config file, and sure enough:
>   KeepAlive  Off
>
> This is not necessarily a mistake...just a configuration setting that
> is probably not the best choice from most servers - enabling persistent
> connections helps performance -- which is why I thought y'all might
> be interested.  FYI, it was a RH7 box, I think (it's been updated
> several times).
>
> However, I just checked another server that I have recently installed
> with RedHat 9 - and the setting says this:
>   KeepAlive false
>
> The config file comments state that "Off" is required to disable
> persistent connections:
>
> > #
> > # KeepAlive: Whether or not to allow persistent connections (more than
> > # one request per connection).  Set to "OFF" to deactivate.
> > #
> > KeepAlive false
>
> I ran a quick test - and persistent connections are turned ON with
> this setting.  Which is exactly NOT what I get from "KeepAlive false".
> It seems like a mistake - either in the default setting or the docs.
> Am I just reading this wrong?  I wanted to get a sanity check before
> I file a bug report on this.
>
> Also, should I file this bug with RedHat, since (I assume) they've
> customized it for their distribution?
>