Author: mario

build mod_geoip

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Obtain GeoIP-1.4.6 from maxmind.com and built per included instructions.
Build Module against an IPv6 Enabled Apache Build

Obtain GeoIP-1.4.6 from maxmind.com and built per included instructions.
Build Module against an IPv6 Enabled Apache Build

del *.obj *.exp *.lib *.so
set APACHE=C:\Apache22
set GEOIPROOT=C:\Build\GeoIP-1.4.6
cl  /nologo /MD /O2 /LD /W3 -DWIN32 -D_WIN32 -I%GEOIPROOT%\libGeoIP -I%APACHE%\include /c /Fomod_geoip.obj mod_geoip.c
link /NODEFAULTLIB:LIBCMT kernel32.lib "%APACHE%\lib\libhttpd.lib" "%APACHE%\lib\libapr-1.lib" "%APACHE%\lib\libaprutil-1.lib" "%GEOIPROOT%\libGeoIP\GeoIP.lib" /nologo /subsystem:windows /dll /machine:I386 /out:mod_geoip.so mod_geoip.obj

patch requires admin privileges on Windows 7

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The patch.exe requires admin privileges on Windows 7. This is pretty annoying! The first thing that worked was just renaming the file to pach.exe Stupid windows. But I didn’t like that cause than I mostly typed it wrong and patch command was missing. I found a better solution:

Create a text file in the same directory with the name patch.exe.manifest

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
 <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2">
 <security>
 <requestedPrivileges>
 <requestedExecutionLevel level="asInvoker"/>
 </requestedPrivileges>
 </security>
 </trustInfo>
</assembly>

Save as UTF8. Now it works. Well I have to test if it is possible to embedd the manifest than good bye $%&# asking for admin permission

Giving mod_logrotate a signature

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This is my first trial giving a third party module a signature.

--- mod_log_rotate.c.orig    2008-07-24 13:17:45.000000000 +0200
+++ mod_log_rotate.c    2010-11-21 02:31:43.123503300 +0100
@@ -399,6 +399,19 @@
 return add;
 }
 
+/* map into the first apache */
+static int log_rotate_post_config( apr_pool_t * p, apr_pool_t * plog, apr_pool_t * ptemp, server_rec * s)
+{
+    ap_add_version_component(p, "mod_log_rotate/1.00");
+    return OK;
+}
+
+static void log_rotate_register_hooks(apr_pool_t *p)
+{
+    ap_hook_post_config( log_rotate_post_config,   NULL, NULL, APR_HOOK_MIDDLE );
+}
+
+
 module AP_MODULE_DECLARE_DATA log_rotate_module = {
 STANDARD20_MODULE_STUFF,
 NULL,                       /* create per-dir config */
@@ -406,6 +419,6 @@
 make_log_options,           /* server config */
 merge_log_options,          /* merge server config */
 rotate_log_cmds,            /* command apr_table_t */
-    NULL                        /* register hooks */
+    log_rotate_register_hooks   /* register hooks */
 };

reverse proxy for utorrent part 2

Posted on by mario

In my last post about utorrent (µtorrent) I was frustrated that I wasn’t able to change the url from /gui/ to /tor/
Woot! In apache 2.3 which will be apache 2.4 and I think it will be released in early 2011 the proxy module is much better and there it works to have a different URL :-) Even as ALPHA or BETA version the new apache rocks a lot and runs stable. In condition with mod_fcgid it is real cool technology e.g. running PHP separated form apache that allows to run different PHP version of the server in vhosts or directories. Also running a non thread safe PHP version. Speed! IPv6 would be fine, but the offered patches are not applied to trunk :-/There is an annoying bug in mod_fcgid. I’m glad I found a fix for it (help from Tom Donovan and Sob).

Disable AllowOverride (htaccess to httpd.conf)

Posted on by mario

AllowOverride is one of the things that slow down a lot. Disabling it makes apache faster. It is a horror to migrate all .htaccess files by hand. BUT here is a PHP script from Paul Reinheimer which makes it realy easy :-)

Get it htaccess.php

tune your server!

crashing fcgid 2.3.6 on windows

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On Windows fcgid crashes apache when apache do a graceful restart (httpd -k restart). Here is a patch that should fix that. This patch in inspired from Tom Dovovan.

Index: modules/fcgid/fcgid_pm_main.c
===================================================================
--- modules/fcgid/fcgid_pm_main.c    (revision 1037552)
+++ modules/fcgid/fcgid_pm_main.c    (working copy)
@@ -375,7 +375,9 @@
 proc->diewhy = FCGID_DIE_SHUTDOWN;
 proc_print_exit_info(proc, exitcode, exitwhy,
 main_server);
-        apr_pool_destroy(proc->proc_pool);
+        #ifndef Win32
+            apr_pool_destroy(proc->proc_pool);
+        #endif
 proc->proc_pool = NULL;
 return 1;
 }
Index: modules/fcgid/fcgid_pm_win.c
===================================================================
--- modules/fcgid/fcgid_pm_win.c    (revision 1037552)
+++ modules/fcgid/fcgid_pm_win.c    (working copy)
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@
 "mod_fcgid: can't create wake up thread");
 exit(1);
 }
-
+    apr_pool_cleanup_register(pconf, main_server,
+                              procmgr_stop_procmgr, apr_pool_cleanup_null);
+                              
 return APR_SUCCESS;
 }

@@ -249,8 +251,6 @@
 apr_status_t
 procmgr_child_init(server_rec * main_server, apr_pool_t * pchild)
 {
-    apr_pool_cleanup_register(pchild, main_server,
-                              procmgr_stop_procmgr, apr_pool_cleanup_null);
 return APR_SUCCESS;
 }

Download this patch

Preparing mod_svn for compiling on windows

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Well I didn’t manage it to compile mod_svn without the apache compiled source tree, but than it works fine and fast. Also Python 3 did not work. So I took 2.7
Assuming that OpenSSL 1.0.0a and zlib are compiled in that source tree as well.

C:\python27\python gen-make.py -t vcproj --vsnet-version=2008 --with-httpd=C:\build\httpd-2.2.x-sni-dev-ipv6
--with-openssl=C:\build\httpd-2.2.x-sni-dev-ipv6\srclib\openssl
 --with-zlib=C:\build\httpd-2.2.x-sni-dev-ipv6\srclib\zlib --with-apr=C:\build\httpd-2.2.x-sni-dev-ipv6\srclib\apr

Than just open subversion_vcnet.sln with Visual C++ Express Edition. Ignore all warnings about solution folders. Choose the __ALL__ project. Than change from debug to release. Start!

My sample config

LoadModule dav_module modules/mod_dav.so
LoadModule dav_fs_module modules/mod_dav_fs.so

LoadModule auth_digest_module modules/mod_auth_digest.so
LoadModule dav_svn_module modules/mod_dav_svn.so
LoadModule authz_svn_module modules/mod_authz_svn.so

<Location /svn/>
  DAV svn

  SVNListParentPath on
  SVNParentPath /Repositories/
  SVNIndexXSLT "/svnindex.xsl"
  SVNPathAuthz on
  AuthzSVNAccessFile "C:/Repositories/authz"

  AuthName "Subversion Repositories"
  AuthType Basic
  AuthUserFile "C:/Repositories/htpasswd"

  require valid-user
</Location>

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