Using Apache With RPM Based Systems (Redhat / CentOS / Fedora)
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The Apache httpd source tarball can be converted into an SRPM as follows:
rpmbuild -ts httpd-2.4.x.tar.bz2
RPMs can be built directly from the Apache httpd source tarballs using the following command:
Corresponding "-devel" packages will be required to be installed on your build system prior to building the RPMs, the rpmbuild
command will automatically calculate what RPMs are required and will list any dependencies that are missing on your system. These "-devel" packages will not be required after the build is completed, and can be safely removed.
If successful, the following RPMs will be created:
, with corresponding dependency on openldap.mod_lua
module, with corresponding dependency on lua.modproxyhtml
module, with corresponding dependency on libxml2.modsocachedc
module, with corresponding dependency on distcache.mod_ssl
RPM is the only RPM necessary to get a basic server to run. Install it as follows:
Self contained modules are included with the server. Modules that depend on external libraries are provided as separate RPMs to install if needed.
The default configuration for the server is installed by default beneath the /etc/httpd
directory, with logs written by default to /var/log/httpd
. The environment for the webserver is set by default within the optional /etc/sysconfig/httpd
It is possible to configure additional instances of the Apache httpd server running independently alongside each other on the same machine. These instances can have independent configurations, and can potentially run as separate users if so configured.
This was done by making the httpd startup script aware of its own name. This name is then used to find the environment file for the server, and in turn, the server root of the server instance.
ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd-additional
chkconfig --add httpd-additional
and pass the server root of the new server instance within the OPTIONS
environment variable. OPTIONS="-d /etc/httpd-additional -f conf/httpd-additional.conf"
to ensure the correct ports and paths are configured. service httpd-additional restart
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Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4
Using Apache With RPM Based Systems (Redhat / CentOS / Fedora)
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While many distributions make Apache httpd available as operating system supported packages, it can sometimes be desirable to install and use the canonical version of Apache httpd on these systems, replacing the natively provided versions of the packages.
While the Apache httpd project does not currently create binary RPMs for the various distributions out there, it is easy to build your own binary RPMs from the canonical Apache httpd tarball.
This document explains how to build, install, configure and run Apache httpd 2.4 under Unix systems supporting the RPM packaging format.
- Creating a Source RPM
- Building RPMs
- Installing the Server
- Configuring the Default Instance of Apache httpd
- Configuring Additional Instances of Apache httpd on the Same Machine