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Count connections using netstat on cPanel user through ssh

I want to know how many connections there are active to my site wich is on a shared hosting account.

The hosting provider is using cPanel and I can access it through ssh.

The problem is if I run the command:

netstat -tuna | wc -l

It returns a wild 2555 connection count, but when I go to google analytics and access the real time section, there are only 15-20 users active.

My question is are those 2555 connections to my site, or to the server as a whole regardless the user I am using to run the command. (I don't have root access).

Solution

  • Your netstat command is showing the all connection of your server NOT only Apache connection, If you want to check only Apache connection. You will have to user following command.

    netstat -anp |grep 80 |wc -l

    But with the above command you will get total numbers of Apache connection. Your site is hosted on shared server and due to that you can not check your site connection.

    To check our site connection your will have to assign dedicated IP to your site and use that IP in above command to check your site Apache connection 

    netstat -anp |grep 80 |grep 1.1.1.1 | wc -l

    Thanks