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[SYSADMIN ACTION] update release notes for v26.10.01 #799

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title: v26.10.01 > Limit size of websocket cookies
title: v26.10.01 > Apache & NGINX Configuration Updates
category: System Administrator > Installation Version Notes
---

Release [v26.10.01](https://github.com/Submitty/Submitty/releases/v26.10.01)
adds a configuration setting to limit the cookies that are passed to the NGINX server.

Follow these steps to reconfigure the socket server.
makes two changes.
It adds a configuration setting to limit the cookies that are passed to the NGINX server.
It also disables FastCGI connection reuse of Apache connections.
Follow these steps to reconfigure NGINX & Apache.


1. Edit your NGINX configuration `/etc/nginx/sites-available/submitty.conf` and add the
Expand All @@ -21,7 +22,27 @@ Follow these steps to reconfigure the socket server.
proxy_set_header Cookie "submitty_websocket_token=$cookie_submitty_websocket_token";
```

2. Run regular install script.

2. Edit your Apache `/etc/nginx/sites-available/submitty.conf` to disable reuse as shown below, similar to the sample file:
[https://github.com/Submitty/Submitty/blob/main/.setup/apache/submitty.conf](https://github.com/Submitty/Submitty/blob/main/.setup/apache/submitty.conf)

```
# Define a matching worker for proxying requests. Keep connection reuse
# off, because each Apache child process keeps its own pool of idle
# connections, and they can tie up every PHP-FPM worker. max is a limit
# per Apache child process, not a total. The number of PHP requests that
# run at once is set by pm.max_children in PHP-FPM's pool config, at
# /etc/php/<PHP_VERSION>/fpm/pool.d/submitty.conf
#
# The part that is matched to the SetHandler is the part that
# follows the pipe above. If you need to distinguish, "localhost; can
# be anything unique.
<Proxy "fcgi://localhost/" enablereuse=off max=20>
</Proxy>
```


3. Run regular install script.

```
sudo /usr/local/submitty/.setup/INSTALL_SUBMITTY.sh
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