details: https://github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/1f5ffb57a1ed7459bdb19bc460e35e7c94f881ef branches: master commit: 1f5ffb57a1ed7459bdb19bc460e35e7c94f881ef user: Michael Vernik <m.ver...@f5.com> date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:10:53 -0700 description: README: clarified worker process description
--- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 20003e99f..7f1f880b6 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Rather than running in a single, monolithic process, NGINX is architected to sca - A "master" process that maintains worker processes, as well as, reads and evaluates configuration files. - One or more "worker" processes that process data (eg. HTTP requests). -The number of [worker processes](https://nginx.org/en/docs/ngx_core_module.html#worker_processes) is typically set to the number of CPU cores on the system. In most cases, this optimally balances load across available system resources, as NGINX is designed to efficiently distribute work across all available worker processes. +The number of [worker processes](https://nginx.org/en/docs/ngx_core_module.html#worker_processes) is defined in the configuration file and may be fixed for a given configuration or automatically adjusted to the number of available CPU cores. In most cases, the latter option optimally balances load across available system resources, as NGINX is designed to efficiently distribute work across all worker processes. > [!TIP] > Processes synchronize data through shared memory. For this reason, many > NGINX directives require the allocation of shared memory zones. As an > example, when configuring [rate > limiting](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_limit_req_module.html#limit_req), > connecting clients must be tracked in a [common memory > zone](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_limit_req_module.html#limit_req_zone) > so all worker processes can know how many times a particular client has > accessed the server in a span of time. _______________________________________________ nginx-devel mailing list nginx-devel@nginx.org https://mailman.nginx.org/mailman/listinfo/nginx-devel
