## ScoreBoardFile

Syntax: ScoreBoardFile filename
Default: `ScoreBoardFile logs/apache_status`
Context: server config
Status: core

The ScoreBoardFile directive is required on some architectures to place a file that the server will use to communicate between its children and the parent. The easiest way to find out if your architecture requires a scoreboard file is to run Apache and see if it creates the file named by the directive. If your architecture requires it then you must ensure that this file is not used at the same time by more than one invocation of Apache.

If you have to use a ScoreBoardFile then you may see improved speed by placing it on a RAM disk. But be careful that you heed the same warnings about log file placement and security.

Apache 1.2 and above:

Linux 1.x users might be able to add `-DHAVE_SHMGET -DUSE_SHMGET_SCOREBOARD` to the `EXTRA_CFLAGS` in your `Configuration`. This might work with some 1.x installations, but won't work with all of them. (Prior to 1.3b4, `HAVE_SHMGET` would have sufficed.)

SVR4 users should consider adding `-DHAVE_SHMGET -DUSE_SHMGET_SCOREBOARD` to the `EXTRA_CFLAGS` in your `Configuration`. This is believed to work, but we were unable to test it in time for 1.2 release. (Prior to 1.3b4, `HAVE_SHMGET` would have sufficed.)

See Also: Stopping and Restarting Apache