Is it normal to have 40 apache processes in htop on digitalolution with attendance of 2-10 people per day?

Question

Apache HTTP Server

All www-data processes. Where the heck are they coming from. Guzzle 60MB of RAM. PCP is not used muscle no. Just html. But php is installed

Answer 1

well, if you set so much in the config, then it's normal

Answer 2

No, not normal.

Answer 3

In httpd.conf, you need to decrease the value of the MaxClients parameter.