%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Apache The Apache package contains an open-source HTTP server. It is useful for creating local intranet web sites or running huge web serving operations. Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &apache-md5sum; Download size: &apache-size; Estimated disk space required: &apache-buildsize; Estimated build time: &apache-time; Additional Downloads Required patch: Apache Dependencies Optional , , , , APR, APR-util, and distcache Optional (Only if Using the Bundled APR-util) , , , , , and Though you can install APR and APR-util as separate components, it is recommended to use the bundled versions that come with the Apache HTTPD tarball. User Notes: For security reasons, running the server as an unprivileged user and group is strongly encouraged. Create the following group and user using the following commands (as root): groupadd -g 25 apache && useradd -c "Apache Server" -d /dev/null -g apache \ -s /bin/false -u 25 apache The above command directs the Apache user's home directory to /dev/null. This may not work for some add-ons such as ViewVC, a browser interface for CVS and Subversion version control repositories. See the User Notes for details for specific applications. The following patch modifies the layout of destination directories and among them, the build directory at /usr/lib/apache/build. This will allow the modules added to Apache to be configured without errors. Apply the patch: patch -Np1 -i ../httpd-&apache-version;-config-1.patch You may wish to review the output from ./configure --help and include whatever parameters are necessary to the configure command below to build the modules required for your installation. There are as many as 62 additional parameters you can add to the configure command to build additional modules. Some of the extra parameters which aren't described or mentioned in the --help information are listed in the Command Explanations section below. If you are using the bundled version of APR-util and you are going to install Subversion with Berkeley DB back-end support, ensure you use the parameters shown in the Command Explanations section below. While it is not built by default when using the following commands, the ISAPI DSO module can be created by adding the --enable-isapi option. Even the module will compile, install and load fine, the module is only supported and functional in Win32 environments. Build and install Apache by running the following commands: ./configure --enable-layout=FHS \ --enable-mods-shared=all \ --enable-so && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install && chown -v root:root /usr/lib/apache/httpd.exp \ /usr/sbin/{apxs,apachectl,dbmmanage,envvars{,-std}} \ /usr/share/man/man1/{dbmmanage,ht{dbm,digest,passwd}}.1 \ /usr/share/man/man8/{ab,apachectl,apxs,htcacheclean,httpd}.8 \ /usr/share/man/man8/{logresolve,rotatelogs,suexec}.8 && chown -v -R apache:apache /srv/www --enable-mods-shared=all: The modules should be compiled and used as Dynamic Shared Objects (DSOs) so they can be included and excluded from the server using the run-time configuration directives. --enable-ssl: Use this parameter to create the mod_ssl module and enable SSL support. This parameter is mentioned as one of many parameters which can be passed to the configure command to create additional DSO modules. Note that it really only affects the APR-Util sub-package, which the HTTPD installation then uses. --with-pcre: Add this parameter to use the system installed version of the PCRE library. --with-z: Add this parameter to use the system installed version of the Zlib library. --with-ldap: This parameter is required if you passed the --enable-authnz-ldap or --enable-ldap options to configure and enabled the OpenLDAP modules. --with-dbm=db4 --with-berkeley-db: Use these parameters if you require Berkeley DB support in the bundled version of APR-util (required for Berkeley DB back-end support in Subversion). chown root:root ...: This command changes the ownership of some installed files, the result of building the package as a user other than root. chown -R apache:apache /srv/www: By default, the installation process installs files (documentation, error messages, default icons, etc.) with the ownership of the user that extracted the files from the tar file. If you want to change the ownership to another user, you should do so at this point. The only requirement is that the document directories need to be accessible by the httpd process with (r-x) permissions and files need to be readable (r--) by the apache user. /etc/apache/* /etc/apache/* /etc/apache/httpd.conf The main configuration file is named /etc/apache/httpd.conf. Modify it so that the HTTP server runs as the dedicated user and group: sed -i -e "s/User daemon/User apache/" \ -e "s/Group daemon/Group apache/" \ /etc/apache/httpd.conf See for detailed instructions on customizing your Apache HTTP server configuration file. If you want the Apache server to start automatically when the system is booted, install the /etc/rc.d/init.d/apache init script included in the package. apache make install-apache Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories ab, apachectl, apr-config, apu-config, apxs, checkgid, dbmmanage, htdbm, htdigest, htpasswd, httpd, instdso.sh, logresolve, and rotatelogs libapr-1.{so,a}, libaprutil-1.{so,a}, and /usr/lib/apache/*.so /etc/apache, /srv/www, /usr/include/apache, /usr/lib/apache, and /var/log/apache Short Descriptions ab is a tool for benchmarking your Apache HTTP server. ab apachectl is a front end to the Apache HTTP server which is designed to help the administrator control the functioning of the Apache httpd daemon. apachectl apxs is a tool for building and installing extension modules for the Apache HTTP server. apxs dbmmanage is used to create and update the DBM format files used to store usernames and passwords for basic authentication of HTTP users. dbmmanage htdigest is used to create and update the flat-files used to store usernames, realms and passwords for digest authentication of HTTP users. htdigest htpasswd is used to create and update the flat-files used to store usernames and passwords for basic authentication of HTTP users. htpasswd httpd is the Apache HTTP server program. httpd instdso.sh is a script which installs Apache DSO modules. instdso.sh logresolve is a post-processing program to resolve IP-addresses in Apache's access log files. logresolve rotatelogs is a simple program for use in conjunction with Apache's piped log file feature. rotatelogs