%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Apache The Apache HTTPD package contains an open-source HTTP server. It is useful for creating local intranet web sites or running huge web serving operations. &lfs80_checked; 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 HTTPD Dependencies Required and Recommended Optional , , , or or ELinks, , ( needs to be installed with ldap suport), , Distcache, and 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 /srv/www -g apache \ -s /bin/false -u 25 apache Build and install Apache HTTPD by running the following commands: patch -Np1 -i ../httpd-&apache-version;-blfs_layout-1.patch && sed '/dir.*CFG_PREFIX/s@^@#@' -i support/apxs.in && ./configure --enable-authnz-fcgi \ --enable-layout=BLFS \ --enable-mods-shared="all cgi" \ --enable-mpms-shared=all \ --enable-suexec=shared \ --with-apr=/usr/bin/apr-1-config \ --with-apr-util=/usr/bin/apu-1-config \ --with-suexec-bin=/usr/lib/httpd/suexec \ --with-suexec-caller=apache \ --with-suexec-docroot=/srv/www \ --with-suexec-logfile=/var/log/httpd/suexec.log \ --with-suexec-uidmin=100 \ --with-suexec-userdir=public_html && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: This package does not install properly using DESTDIR techniques as an unpriviledged user. make install && mv -v /usr/sbin/suexec /usr/lib/httpd/suexec && chgrp apache /usr/lib/httpd/suexec && chmod 4754 /usr/lib/httpd/suexec && chown -v -R apache:apache /srv/www sed '/dir.*CFG_PREFIX/s@^@#@'...: Forces the apxs utility to use absolute pathnames for modules, when instructed to do so. --enable-authnz-fcgi: Build FastCGI authorizer-based authentication and authorization (mod_authnz_fcgi.so fast CGI module). --enable-mods-shared="all cgi": 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-mpms-shared=all: This switch ensures that all MPM (Multi Processing Modules) are built as Dynamic Shared Objects (DSOs), so the user can choose which one to use at runtime. --enable-suexec: This switch enables building of the Apache suEXEC module which can be used to allow users to run CGI and SSI scripts under user IDs different from the user ID of the calling web server. --with-suexec-*: These switches control suEXEC module behavior, such as default document root, minimal UID that can be used to run the script under the suEXEC. Please note that with minimal UID 100, you can't run CGI or SSI scripts under suEXEC as the apache user. ... /usr/lib/httpd/suexec: These commands put suexec wrapper into proper location, since it is not meant to be run directly. They also adjust proper permissions of the binary, making it setgid apache. 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/httpd/httpd.conf and /etc/httpd/extra/* /etc/httpd/httpd.conf /etc/httpd/extra/* See for detailed instructions on customising 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/httpd init script httpd.service unit included in the package. apache make install-httpd Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories ab, apachectl, apxs, checkgid, dbmmanage, fcgistarter, htcacheclean, htdbm, htdigest, htpasswd, httpd, httxt2dbm, logresolve, rotatelogs, and suexec Several libraries under /usr/lib/httpd/modules/ /etc/httpd, /srv/www, /usr/include/httpd, /usr/lib/httpd, /usr/share/httpd, /var/log/httpd, and /var/run/httpd 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 checkgid is a program that checks whether it can setgid to the group specified. This is to see if it is a valid group for Apache2 to use at runtime. If the user (should be run as superuser) is in that group, or can setgid to it, it will return 0. checkgid dbmmanage is used to create and update the DBM format files used to store usernames and passwords for basic authentication of HTTP users. dbmmanage fcgistarter is a tool to start a FastCGI program. fcgistarter htcacheclean is used to clean up the disk cache. htcacheclean htdbm is used to manipulate the DBM password databases. htdbm 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 httxt2dbm is used to generate DBM files from text, for use in RewriteMap. httxt2dbm 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 suexec allows users to run CGI and SSI applications as a different user. suexec