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[08254fc] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[84ee2932] | 7 | <!ENTITY apache-download-http "http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/httpd-&apache-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY apache-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/net/apache/dist/httpd/httpd-&apache-version;.tar.bz2">
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[e5cf106] | 9 | <!ENTITY apache-md5sum "4ae8a38c6b5db9046616ce10a0d551a2">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY apache-size "5.4 MB">
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[a76dc8a1] | 11 | <!ENTITY apache-buildsize "91.6 MB">
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[e5cf106] | 12 | <!ENTITY apache-time "1.7 SBU">
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[08254fc] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[7c7fa7d] | 15 | <sect1 id="apache" xreflabel="Apache-&apache-version;">
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[ab3a3af7] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="apache.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>Apache-&apache-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="apache">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-Apache">Apache</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to Apache</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>The <application>Apache</application> package contains an
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| 33 | open-source HTTP server. It is useful for creating local intranet
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| 34 | web sites or running huge web serving operations.</para>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 37 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 38 | <listitem>
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| 39 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&apache-download-http;"/></para>
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| 40 | </listitem>
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| 41 | <listitem>
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| 42 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&apache-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 43 | </listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &apache-md5sum;</para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Download size: &apache-size;</para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &apache-buildsize;</para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Estimated build time: &apache-time;</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | </itemizedlist>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 59 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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| 61 | <para>Required patch: <ulink
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| 62 | url="&patch-root;/httpd-&apache-version;-config-1.patch"/></para>
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| 63 | </listitem>
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| 64 | </itemizedlist>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Apache Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 67 |
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| 68 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 69 | <para><xref linkend="db"/> or <xref linkend="gdbm"/>,
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| 70 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
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| 71 | <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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| 72 | <xref linkend="expat"/> and
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| 73 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/></para>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | </sect2>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 78 | <title>Installation of Apache</title>
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| 79 |
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| 80 | <para>For security reasons, running the server as an unprivileged user and
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| 81 | group is strongly encouraged. Create the following group and user using the
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| 82 | following commands (as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>):</para>
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| 83 |
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[b785ab29] | 84 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 25 apache &&
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| 85 | useradd -c "Apache Server" -d /dev/null -g apache \
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| 86 | -s /bin/false -u 25 apache</userinput></screen>
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[ab3a3af7] | 87 |
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| 88 | <para>The following patch will define the layout of destination
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| 89 | directories and, among them, the build directory at
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| 90 | <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/apache/build</filename>. This
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| 91 | will allow the modules added to <application>Apache</application>
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| 92 | to be configured without errors. Apply the patch:</para>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../httpd-&apache-version;-config-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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| 95 |
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[f165eea] | 96 | <note>
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| 97 | <para>You may wish to review the output from
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| 98 | <command>./configure --help</command> and include whatever parameters
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| 99 | are necessary to the <command>configure</command> command below to build
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| 100 | the modules required for your installation.</para>
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| 101 | </note>
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| 102 |
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[ab3a3af7] | 103 | <para>Build and install <application>Apache</application> by running the
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| 104 | following commands:</para>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <screen><userinput>./configure --enable-layout=FHS --enable-mods-shared=all &&
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| 107 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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[f165eea] | 114 | chown -v root:root \
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| 115 | /usr/sbin/{apxs,apachectl,dbmmanage,envvars-std,envvars} \
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[9b893e9] | 116 | /usr/include/apache/* /usr/lib/apache/httpd.exp \
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| 117 | /usr/share/man/man1/{dbmmanage,htdigest,htpasswd}.1 \
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[6893009c] | 118 | /usr/share/man/man8/{ab,apachectl,apxs,httpd}.8 \
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[47603ac1] | 119 | /usr/share/man/man8/{logresolve,rotatelogs,suexec}.8 &&
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[f165eea] | 120 | chown -v -R apache:apache /srv/www</userinput></screen>
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[08254fc] | 121 |
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[ab3a3af7] | 122 | </sect2>
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[08254fc] | 123 |
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[ab3a3af7] | 124 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 125 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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[08254fc] | 126 |
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[ab3a3af7] | 127 | <para><option>--with-expat=/usr</option>: Uses system installed
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| 128 | <application>expat</application>. <emphasis>If you have installed
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| 129 | <application>expat</application> and do not use this switch, the
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| 130 | <application>Apache</application> installation may overwrite some files
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| 131 | from the <application>expat</application> installation.</emphasis></para>
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[b1623c2] | 132 |
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[ab3a3af7] | 133 | <para><parameter>--enable-mods-shared=all</parameter>: The modules
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| 134 | should be compiled and used as Dynamic Shared Objects
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| 135 | (DSOs) so they can be included and excluded from the
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| 136 | server using the run-time configuration directives.</para>
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[08254fc] | 137 |
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[ab3a3af7] | 138 | <para><option>--enable-ssl</option>: Use this switch
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| 139 | to create the <filename class="libraryfile">mod_ssl</filename>
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| 140 | module and enable SSL support.</para>
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[08254fc] | 141 |
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[ab3a3af7] | 142 | <para><command>chown root:root ...</command>: This command changes the
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| 143 | ownership of some installed files, the result of building the package as
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| 144 | a user other than <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>.</para>
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[4fb9a95] | 145 |
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[ab3a3af7] | 146 | <para><command>chown -R apache:apache /srv/www</command>: By default, the
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| 147 | installation process installs files (documentation, error messages, default
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| 148 | icons, etc.) with the ownership of the user that extracted the files from
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| 149 | the tar file. If you want to change the ownership to another user, you
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| 150 | should do so at this point. The only requirement is that the document
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| 151 | directories need to be accessible by the <command>httpd</command> process
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| 152 | with (r-x) permissions and files need to be readable (r--) by the
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| 153 | <systemitem class="username">apache</systemitem> user.</para>
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[4fb9a95] | 154 |
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[ab3a3af7] | 155 | </sect2>
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[08254fc] | 156 |
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[ab3a3af7] | 157 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 158 | <title>Configuring Apache</title>
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[08254fc] | 159 |
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[ab3a3af7] | 160 | <sect3 id="apache-config">
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| 161 | <title>Config Files</title>
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[08254fc] | 162 |
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[ab3a3af7] | 163 | <para><filename>/etc/apache/*</filename></para>
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[08254fc] | 164 |
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[ab3a3af7] | 165 | <indexterm zone="apache apache-config">
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| 166 | <primary sortas="e-etc-apache">/etc/apache/*</primary>
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| 167 | </indexterm>
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[08254fc] | 168 |
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[ab3a3af7] | 169 | <indexterm zone="apache apache-config">
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| 170 | <primary sortas="e-etc-apache-httpd.conf">/etc/apache/httpd.conf</primary>
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| 171 | </indexterm>
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[08254fc] | 172 |
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[ab3a3af7] | 173 | </sect3>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <sect3>
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| 176 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <para>The main configuration file is named <filename>httpd.conf</filename>.
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| 179 | Modify it to run the server as a dedicated user:</para>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | <screen role="root"><userinput>sed -i -e "s%User nobody%User apache%" \
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[4fb9a95] | 182 | -e "s%^Group #-1%Group apache%" \
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[ab3a3af7] | 183 | /etc/apache/httpd.conf</userinput></screen>
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| 184 |
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| 185 | <para>See <ulink url="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/configuring.html"/>
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| 186 | for detailed instructions on customizing your
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| 187 | <application>Apache</application> HTTP server.</para>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <para>There's a problem with the ISAPI DSO module caused from compiling
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| 190 | with <application>GCC</application>-&gcc-version;. Comment out the module
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| 191 | from the configuration file with the following command:</para>
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| 192 |
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| 193 | <screen role="root"><userinput>sed -i -e "s/^LoadModule isapi_module/# &/" \
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| 194 | /etc/apache/httpd.conf</userinput></screen>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | </sect3>
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| 197 |
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| 198 | <sect3 id="apache-init">
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| 199 | <title>Boot Script</title>
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| 200 |
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| 201 | <para>If you want the <application>Apache</application> server to
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| 202 | start automatically when the system is booted, install the
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| 203 | <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/apache</filename> init script included
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| 204 | in the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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| 205 |
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| 206 | <indexterm zone="apache apache-init">
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| 207 | <primary sortas="f-apache">apache</primary>
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| 208 | </indexterm>
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| 209 |
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| 210 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-apache</userinput></screen>
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| 211 |
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| 212 | </sect3>
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| 213 |
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| 214 | </sect2>
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| 215 |
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| 216 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 217 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 218 |
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| 219 | <segmentedlist>
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| 220 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 221 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 222 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 223 |
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| 224 | <seglistitem>
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| 225 | <seg>ab, apachectl, apr-config, apu-config, apxs, checkgid, dbmmanage,
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| 226 | htdbm, htdigest, htpasswd, httpd, instdso.sh, logresolve, and
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| 227 | rotatelogs</seg>
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| 228 | <seg>libapr-0.[so,a], libaprutil-0.[so,a], and /usr/lib/apache/*.so</seg>
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| 229 | <seg>/etc/apache, /srv/www, /usr/include/apache, /usr/lib/apache, and
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| 230 | /var/log/apache</seg>
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| 231 | </seglistitem>
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| 232 | </segmentedlist>
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| 233 |
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| 234 | <variablelist>
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| 235 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 236 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 237 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 238 |
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| 239 | <varlistentry id="ab">
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| 240 | <term><command>ab</command></term>
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| 241 | <listitem>
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| 242 | <para>is a tool for benchmarking your
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| 243 | <application>Apache</application> HTTP server.</para>
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| 244 | <indexterm zone="apache ab">
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| 245 | <primary sortas="b-ab">ab</primary>
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| 246 | </indexterm>
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| 247 | </listitem>
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| 248 | </varlistentry>
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| 249 |
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| 250 | <varlistentry id="apachectl">
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| 251 | <term><command>apachectl</command></term>
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| 252 | <listitem>
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| 253 | <para>is a front end to the <application>Apache</application>
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| 254 | HTTP server which is designed to help the administrator
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| 255 | control the functioning of the <application>Apache</application>
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| 256 | httpd daemon.</para>
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| 257 | <indexterm zone="apache apachectl">
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| 258 | <primary sortas="b-apachectl">apachectl</primary>
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| 259 | </indexterm>
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| 260 | </listitem>
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| 261 | </varlistentry>
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| 262 |
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| 263 | <varlistentry id="apxs">
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| 264 | <term><command>apxs</command></term>
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| 265 | <listitem>
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| 266 | <para>is a tool for building and installing extension modules for
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| 267 | the <application>Apache</application> HTTP server.</para>
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| 268 | <indexterm zone="apache apxs">
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| 269 | <primary sortas="b-apxs">apxs</primary>
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| 270 | </indexterm>
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| 271 | </listitem>
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| 272 | </varlistentry>
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| 273 |
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| 274 | <varlistentry id="dbmanage">
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| 275 | <term><command>dbmanage</command></term>
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| 276 | <listitem>
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| 277 | <para>is used to create and update the DBM format files used to store
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| 278 | usernames and passwords for basic authentication of HTTP users.</para>
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| 279 | <indexterm zone="apache dbmanage">
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| 280 | <primary sortas="b-dbmanage">dbmanage</primary>
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| 281 | </indexterm>
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| 282 | </listitem>
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| 283 | </varlistentry>
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| 284 |
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| 285 | <varlistentry id="htdigest">
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| 286 | <term><command>htdigest</command></term>
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| 287 | <listitem>
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| 288 | <para>is used to create and update the flat-files used to store
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| 289 | usernames, realms and passwords for digest authentication of
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| 290 | HTTP users.</para>
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| 291 | <indexterm zone="apache htdigest">
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| 292 | <primary sortas="b-htdigest">htdigest</primary>
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| 293 | </indexterm>
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| 294 | </listitem>
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| 295 | </varlistentry>
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| 296 |
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| 297 | <varlistentry id="htpasswd">
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| 298 | <term><command>htpasswd</command></term>
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| 299 | <listitem>
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| 300 | <para>is used to create and update the flat-files used to store
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| 301 | usernames and passwords for basic authentication of HTTP users.</para>
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| 302 | <indexterm zone="apache htpasswd">
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| 303 | <primary sortas="b-htpasswd">htpasswd</primary>
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| 304 | </indexterm>
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| 305 | </listitem>
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| 306 | </varlistentry>
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| 307 |
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| 308 | <varlistentry id="httpd">
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| 309 | <term><command>httpd</command></term>
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| 310 | <listitem>
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| 311 | <para>is the <application>Apache</application>
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| 312 | HTTP server program.</para>
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| 313 | <indexterm zone="apache httpd">
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| 314 | <primary sortas="b-httpd">httpd</primary>
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| 315 | </indexterm>
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| 316 | </listitem>
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| 317 | </varlistentry>
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| 318 |
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| 319 | <varlistentry id="instdso.sh">
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| 320 | <term><command>instdso.sh</command></term>
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| 321 | <listitem>
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| 322 | <para>is a script which installs <application>Apache</application>
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| 323 | DSO modules.</para>
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| 324 | <indexterm zone="apache instdso.sh">
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| 325 | <primary sortas="b-instdso.sh">instdso.sh</primary>
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| 326 | </indexterm>
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| 327 | </listitem>
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| 328 | </varlistentry>
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| 329 |
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| 330 | <varlistentry id="logresolve">
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| 331 | <term><command>logresolve</command></term>
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| 332 | <listitem>
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| 333 | <para>is a post-processing program to resolve IP-addresses
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| 334 | in <application>Apache</application>'s access log files.</para>
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| 335 | <indexterm zone="apache logresolve">
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| 336 | <primary sortas="b-logresolve">logresolve</primary>
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| 337 | </indexterm>
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| 338 | </listitem>
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| 339 | </varlistentry>
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| 340 |
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| 341 | <varlistentry id="rotatelogs">
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| 342 | <term><command>rotatelogs</command></term>
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| 343 | <listitem>
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| 344 | <para>is a simple program for use in conjunction with
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| 345 | <application>Apache</application>'s piped log file feature.</para>
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| 346 | <indexterm zone="apache rotatelogs">
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| 347 | <primary sortas="b-rotatelogs">rotatelogs</primary>
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| 348 | </indexterm>
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| 349 | </listitem>
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| 350 | </varlistentry>
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| 351 |
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| 352 | </variablelist>
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| 353 |
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| 354 | </sect2>
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[f45b1953] | 355 |
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| 356 | </sect1>
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