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Recently we had a customer who needed to run a newer version of Apache than the 2.2.12 provided in the Novell update channels.
Here's what I did to make it work:
I added the OBS Repo for Apache (Note: doing so means Novell will not provide support for Apache any longer - this configuration is for advanced administrators only!)
zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Apache/SLE_11_SP2/ APACHE
Next I installed the latest versions of Apache2 and LibApr-Util1 (needed for Apache2.4)
zypper install apache2-2.4.4-3.1.x86_64
zypper install libapr-util1-1.4.1-26.2.x86_64
Between Apache 2.2 and 2.4 some directives were dropped, and some were changed.
We need to change a few minor configurations:
vi /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
On Line 140: Comment Out
#DefaultType text/plain
For SSL:
vi /etc/apache2/ssl-global.conf
On Line 48: Comment Out
# SSLSessionCache shmcb:/var/lib/apache2/ssl_scache(512000)
On Line 54: Comment Out
# SSLMutex "file:/var/lib/apache2/ssl_mutex"
(If you need these modules I leave it up to the reader to determine how to make them work in 2.4)
vi /etc/opt/novell/httpd/conf.d/base.conf
Comment out the following two lines on Line 15 and 16:
# RewriteLog /var/log/apache2/rewrite_log
# RewriteLogLevel 1
Enable Apache 2.4's new Authentication Modules:
a2enmod authz_core
a2enmod authz_host
and finally: Restart apache
rcapache2 restart
Check the new version:
apache2ctl -v
Server version: Apache/2.4.4 (Linux/SUSE)
Server built: 2013-06-18 07:43:27.000000000 +0000
Lastly, log into WebAccess and make sure all still works!
Written for
by Peter van der Walt
Disclaimer: As with everything else at Cool Solutions, this content is definitely not supported by Novell (so don't even think of calling Support if you try something and it blows up).
It was contributed by a community member and is published "as is." It seems to have worked for at least one person, and might work for you. But please be sure to test, test, test before you do anything drastic with it.
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