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<p>When using a large number of Virtual Hosts, Apache may run
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out of available file descriptors (sometimes called <cite>file
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handles</cite>) if each Virtual Host specifies different log
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files. The total number of file descriptors used by Apache is
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one for each distinct error log file, one for every other log
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file directive, plus 10-20 for internal use. Unix operating
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systems limit the number of file descriptors that may be used
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by a process; the limit is typically 64, and may usually be
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increased up to a large hard-limit.</p>
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<p>Although Apache attempts to increase the limit as required,
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this may not work if:</p>
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<li>Your system does not provide the <code>setrlimit()</code>
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<li>The <code>setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE)</code> call does not
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function on your system (such as Solaris 2.3)</li>
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<li>The number of file descriptors required exceeds the hard
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<li>Your system imposes other limits on file descriptors,
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such as a limit on stdio streams only using file descriptors
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below 256. (Solaris 2)</li>
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<p>In the event of problems you can:</p>
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<li>Reduce the number of log files; don't specify log files
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in the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#virtualhost"><VirtualHost></a></code>
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sections, but only log to the main log files. (See <a href="#splitlogs">Splitting up your log files</a>, below, for more
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information on doing this.)</li>
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If you system falls into 1 or 2 (above), then increase the
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file descriptor limit before starting Apache, using a
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ulimit -S -n 100<br />
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<h2><a name="splitlogs" id="splitlogs">Splitting up your log files</a></h2>
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<p>If you want to log multiple virtual hosts to the same log file, you
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may want to split up the log files afterwards in order to run
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statistical analysis of the various virtual hosts. This can be
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accomplished in the following manner.</p>
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<p>First, you will need to add the virtual host information to the log
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entries. This can be done using the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_log_config.html# logformat">
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directive, and the <code>%v</code> variable. Add this to the beginning
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of your log format string:</p>
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LogFormat "%v %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" vhost<br />
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CustomLog logs/multiple_vhost_log vhost
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<p>This will create a log file in the common log format, but with the
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canonical virtual host (whatever appears in the
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<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#servername">ServerName</a></code> directive) prepended to
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each line. (See <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_log_config.html#custom log formats">Custom Log Formats</a></code> for
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more about customizing your log files.)</p>
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<p>When you wish to split your log file into its component parts (one
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file per virtual host) you can use the program <code><a href="../programs/other.html">split-logfile</a></code> to accomplish
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this. You'll find this program in the <code>support</code> directory
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of the Apache distribution.</p>
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<p>Run this program with the command:</p>
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split-logfile < /logs/multiple_vhost_log
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<p>This program, when run with the name of your vhost log file, will
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