Meaning of server_names_hash_bucket_size

[Liang Jin]

Thanks Igor.

So, my understanding now is that _hash_max_size will control the
number of virtual host entries, while _hash_bucket_size will control
the maximum length of single entries, right?

If I have a lot of virtual host entries, i should increase
_hash_max_size, while I should increase _hash_bucket_size if some
domain names are too long.

Anyway, thanks again for the answer.

-Liang

On 5/14/07, Igor Sysoev <is at rambler-co.ru> wrote:
> On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 12:31:51AM -0700, Liang Jin wrote:
>
> > I have seen the following error in nginx log on my server:
> >
> > could not build the server_names_hash, you should increase
> > server_names_hash_bucket_size: 32
> >
> > The problem was solved after I changed the setting to 128.
> >
> > However, I am curious to know what the setting will actually do. If I
> > have many virtual hosts, I will need a larger number for the bucket
> > size, but how can I determine what would be a good number to set this
> > parameter?
>
> The hashes have two parameters: ..._hash_bucket_size and ..._hash_max_size.
> First you should increase hash_max_size. But if single entry can not fill
> inside bucket, then nginx says that you should increase ..._hash_bucket_size.
> In this case try 64 and 96 before 128. the single entry may not fill inside
> server name bucket if you have at least one long server name (in your case
> there is name more than 27 characters).
>
>
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> Igor Sysoev
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