# Web Server Advance Settings

As an administrator, you can configure the following advanced settings for the web server. The following rules and configuration instructions apply to the web server.

To configure advanced settings for the web server:

1. Under Security, click Web Server.

2. In the Configure Web Server page, click Advanced tab.

3. Under General the following is available:

   - Web Server displays the name of your web server.

   - Cipher Suite contains the default list of cipher strings separated by colons. You can edit the OpenSSL cipher list with one or more cipher strings. Ensure the strings are separated by colons and must begin with HIGH to maintain web server connectivity.

4. The Apache HTTP web server settings can be configured as following:

   Field | Description
   --- | ---
   Maximum Number of Connections | Specifies the maximum number of simultaneous requests. Note: Ensure you have sufficiently increased RAM to set higher values, else the server will not start or become unstable.
   Keep-alive Timeout (seconds) | Specifies the time for the server to wait for a subsequent request.
   Maximum Keep-alive Requests | Specifies maximum number of requests allowed per connection.
   Read Limit | Specifies maximum simultaneous connections in READ state per IP address. If this value is set to 0, this limit does not apply.
   Write Limit | Specifies maximum simultaneous connections in WRITE state per IP address. If this value is set to 0, this limit does not apply.
   Other Limit | Specifies maximum simultaneous idle connections per IP address. If this value is set to 0, this limit does not apply.
   Exception Clients | Specifies space-separated list of IP addresses exempt from the above antiloris limits.

5. Click Save. The web server will be restarted on save for this change to take effect.

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