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Asked: 2026-05-20T21:32:21+00:00

I just installed apache 2.2.3 and already had the error too many connections. I

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I just installed apache 2.2.3 and already had the error “too many connections”. I went to my.cnf to increase max_connections but its not there!

The only content in it is:

[mysqld] datadir=/var/lib/mysql socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock user=mysql
# Default to using old password format for compatibility with mysql 3.x
# clients (those using the mysqlclient10 compatibility package). old_passwords=1

# Disabling symbolic-links is recommended to prevent assorted security risks;
# to do so, uncomment this line:
# symbolic-links=0

[mysqld_safe] log-error=/var/log/mysqld.log pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid

So what can I do to increase max_connections?

Where can I find it?

Thanks a lot!

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you see a “too many connections” error in Apache, then editing my.cnf will not help, because that belongs to MySQL.

    Edit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf instead.

    In a default install, you will probably have the traditional prefork mpm, so you will need to edit the MaxClients directive inside the <IfModule mpm_prefork_module> block. If you are not sure, you can edit MaxClients in the other mpm blocks too.

    Restart the server after changing config (/etc/init.d/apache2 restart).

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