Httpd How to Find Out which MPM is Being Used

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• httpd Multi-Processing Module Concepts
• httpd Operations

Overview

There are two sources of information on the built-in MPM:

httpd -V

Run:

./httpd -V

An example of server compiled with prefork:

./apachectl -V

Server version: Apache/2.2.17 (Unix)
Server built:   Sep  7 2011 12:34:41
Server's Module Magic Number: 20051115:25
Server loaded:  APR 1.3.9, APR-Util 1.3.9
Compiled using: APR 1.3.9, APR-Util 1.3.9
Architecture:   64-bit
Server MPM:     Prefork
  threaded:     no
    forked:     yes (variable process count)
Server compiled with....
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The List of Static Modules Compiled into the httpd Binary

The List of Static Modules Compiled into the httpd Binary