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Re: Apache Configuration
Hi,
Eli, Did you checked for existant modules at CPAN or from apache.org???
There is a big bunch of already written modules at CPAN
Check them first!
they are in by_module => Apache dir at CPAN
Good luck!
> Hi!
>
> I don't know if it is off-topic (after all, Linux is the only (?)
> operating system which bundles Apache). According to researches and
> surveys (e.g. http://www.netcraft.com ), Apache + its derivatives
> take about 50% (!) of the web sites, like all the "competitors"
> together (including Netscape, Microsoft, NCSA, CERN, IBM, SWS, OWS,
> etc.). The 3 reasons why Apache takes "only" 50% are:
>
> 1. It runs only under UNIX and OS/2 (1.3 will run under Win95/NT).
> 2. It lacked SSL (now there is a free implementation).
> 3. It is *very* unfriendly, especially in comparison to Microsoft
> and Netscape.
>
> As (1) and (2) are being solved, (3) remains the only reason why
> Apache doesn't take the whole "market".
>
> I thought about writing a module to support HTTP-based interactive
> run-time configuration for Apache. Of course, it must be very
> restrictive and secure: By default, it will deny any access from
> outside the same IP, and it will require a password, which will be
> compared to the password of the user who invoked the Apache (using
> the same mechanism of login and su).
>
> I know it can be written as a CGI (instead of a module). But CGI-BINs
> depend on the configuration in many aspects, such as their placement
> and directory (which must be part of the hierarchy that Apache was
> configured to use as the "RootDocument"), permissions to use CGI,
> etc. If it will be written as a module and will have a special
> prefix (instead of http), it will not depend on anything else (of
> course, after modifying the configuration, you will have to specify
> the configuration file where to save the modified configuration).
>
> I don't want a simple interface which will have links to all the
> options at any point (e.g. links to all the directives in the root,
> links to all of the optional first arguments of the specific
> directive after choosing a directive, and so on). I am talking
> about a real friendly interface. In addition, a context sensitive
> help can be added easily; After all, there is already HTML
> documentation for each of the directives.
>
> The only problem is that there are so many directives and options in
> Apache, so most of the people (including me) know only some of them.
> Although it reminds us how important is to have such an interface
> (since currently nobody uses these unknown options), it doesn't help
> me in developing this interface :-(
>
> Can anyone contribute to this voluntary project? Someone who knows
> *all* the directives and options? Does anyone have something to
> say about my idea? I'll be glad to get feedback!
>
> Thanks in advance,
> --
> Eli Marmor
> marmor@elmar.co.il
> El-Mar Software Ltd.
>
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