Last Modified: Jul 12, 2023
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP All
Known Affected Versions:
14.1.0, 14.1.0.1, 14.1.0.2, 14.1.0.3, 14.1.0.5, 14.1.0.6, 14.1.2
Fixed In:
15.0.0, 14.1.2.1
Opened: Mar 05, 2019 Severity: 2-Critical
Apache (httpd) process count MaxClients on BIG-IP systems is set to '10' in the configuration. When more requests are received, Apache spawns more processes than 10, consuming more memory.
System low memory condition can severely impact application/system performance, and sometimes triggers Out-Of-Memory (OOM) Killer, so critical applications might be terminated.
Numerous clients trying to connect simultaneously to the BIG-IP GUI.
Complete the following procedure: 1. Modify /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf to have the following configuration outside of the prefork module (global): MaxClients 10 2. Run the following command: bigstart restart httpd
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