perf(proxy): use more reasonable keepalive default value for Nginx tu…

…ning Bumped default values of `nginx_http_keepalive_requests` and `upstream_keepalive_max_requests` to `10000`. KAG-3360
Kong · Dec 21, 2023 · 6574d87 · 6574d87
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diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/kong/optimize_keepalive_parameters.yml b/changelog/unreleased/kong/optimize_keepalive_parameters.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+message: Bumped default values of `nginx_http_keepalive_requests` and `upstream_keepalive_max_requests` to 10000.
+type: performance
+scope: Configuration
diff --git a/kong.conf.default b/kong.conf.default
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@
                                                 # not make use of the PCRE library and their behavior
                                                 # is unaffected by this setting.
 
-#nginx_http_keepalive_requests = 1000  # Sets the maximum number of client requests that can be served through one
+#nginx_http_keepalive_requests = 10000 # Sets the maximum number of client requests that can be served through one
                                        # keep-alive connection. After the maximum number of requests are made,
                                        # the connection is closed.
                                        # Closing connections periodically is necessary to free per-connection

diff --git a/kong/templates/kong_defaults.lua b/kong/templates/kong_defaults.lua
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ headers_upstream = x-kong-request-id
 trusted_ips = NONE
 error_default_type = text/plain
 upstream_keepalive_pool_size = 512
-upstream_keepalive_max_requests = 1000
+upstream_keepalive_max_requests = 10000
 upstream_keepalive_idle_timeout = 60
 allow_debug_header = off
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ nginx_http_ssl_session_tickets = NONE
 nginx_http_ssl_session_timeout = NONE
 nginx_http_lua_regex_match_limit = 100000
 nginx_http_lua_regex_cache_max_entries = 8192
-nginx_http_keepalive_requests = 1000
+nginx_http_keepalive_requests = 10000
 nginx_stream_ssl_protocols = NONE
 nginx_stream_ssl_prefer_server_ciphers = NONE
 nginx_stream_ssl_dhparam = NONE