Apache-2.2.21
Introduction to 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.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.0
platform.
Package Information
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Apache Dependencies
Optional
OpenLDAP-2.4.23, OpenSSL-1.0.0e
(also used in the bundled APR-util), PCRE-8.12, rsync-3.0.9, Lynx-2.8.7rel.2, APR, APR-util, and distcache
Optional (Only if Using the Bundled APR-util)
expat-2.0.1, Berkeley DB-5.2.36, unixODBC-2.3.0, MySQL-5.5.17, PostgreSQL-9.0.6, SQLite-3.7.8, Oracle
11g, and FreeTDS
Though you can install APR and APR-util as separate components, the
bundled versions that come with the Apache HTTPD tarball are
recommended.
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/apache
Installation of Apache
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
![[Note]](../images/note.png)
Note
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-2.2.21-config-1.patch
Note
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 65 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 though
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
Command Explanations
--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.
--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). If you are using Berkeley DB-5.1, change the first parameter to
--with-dbm=db51.
--with-mysql: Add this parameter to use
the system installed version of MySQL.
--with-included-apr: Add this parameter
to use the bundled version of the APR system. The default is to use
a system-installed version, if one if available. Use this parameter
to force the build to use and then install (overwriting the
existing APR) the internal (bundled) copy of the APR.
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.
Configuring Apache
Config Files
/etc/apache/*
Configuration Information
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 http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.2/configuring.html
for detailed instructions on customizing your Apache HTTP server configuration file.
Boot Script
If you want the Apache server to
start automatically when the system is booted, install the
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd init script
included in the blfs-bootscripts-20111226 package.
make install-httpd
Contents
Installed Programs:
ab, apachectl, apr-1-config,
apu-1-config, apxs, checkgid, dbmmanage, htcacheclean, htdbm,
htdigest, htpasswd, httpd, httxt2dbm, logresolve, rotatelogs,
and suexec
Installed Libraries:
libapr-1.{so,a}, libaprutil-1.{so,a},
apr_{dbd,ldap} database modules, and numerous DSO
modules
Installed Directories:
/etc/apache, /srv/www,
/usr/include/apache, /usr/lib/apache, /usr/lib/apr-util-1, and
/var/log/apache
Short Descriptions
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ab
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is a tool for benchmarking your Apache HTTP server.
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apachectl
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is a front end to the Apache HTTP server which is designed
to help the administrator control the functioning of the
Apache httpd daemon.
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apr-1-config
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is a simple script that provides information about the
installed APR program.
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apu-1-config
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is a simple script that provides information about the
installed APR-Util program.
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apxs
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is a tool for building and installing extension modules
for the Apache HTTP
server.
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checkgid
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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.
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dbmmanage
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is used to create and update the DBM format files used to
store usernames and passwords for basic authentication of
HTTP users.
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htcacheclean
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is used to clean up the disk cache.
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htdbm
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is used to manipulate the DBM password databases.
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htdigest
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is used to create and update the flat-files used to store
usernames, realms and passwords for digest authentication
of HTTP users.
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htpasswd
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is used to create and update the flat-files used to store
usernames and passwords for basic authentication of HTTP
users.
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httpd
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is the Apache HTTP
server program.
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httxt2dbm
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is used to generate DBM files from text input, for use in
RewriteMap.
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logresolve
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is a post-processing program to resolve IP-addresses in
Apache's access log
files.
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rotatelogs
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is a simple program for use in conjunction with
Apache's piped log file
feature.
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suexec
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is used by the Apache
HTTP Server to switch to another user before
executing CGI programs.
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Last updated on 2011-12-12 20:16:56 +0000