Apache AJP reverse proxy

With apache it is possible to have a reverse proxy with AJP instead of http. With the use of mod_proxy_ajp it is very simple to set up and faster than just plain http protocol

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName jenkins
    DocumentRoot "/mario/Apache22/htdocs"
    <Directory "/mario/Apache22/htdocs">
        Options Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Order Allow,Deny
        Allow from all
        Deny from none
    </Directory>
    <Location />
        ProxyPass ajp://localhost:8009/
        ProxyPassReverse ajp://localhost:8009/
    </Location>

    SetEnv vhostname jenkins
    Header add X-Server-Name %{vhostname}e
</virtualhost>

Than start the backend server, in this case only with AJP and listen only on localhost

java -jar jenkins.war --httpPort=-1 --ajp13ListenAddress=127.0.0.1

Building 2.3.12 beta

./configure –prefix=/opt/apache2 –enable-pie –enable-mods-shared=all –enable-so –disable-include –enable-deflate –enable-headers –enable-expires –enable-ssl=shared –enable-mpms-shared=all –with-mpm=worker –enable-rewrite –with-z=/home/mario/apache24/httpd-2.3.12-beta/srclib/zlib –enable-module=ssl –enable-fcgid
make
sudo make install

 

cd ../fcgid
APXS=/opt/apache2/bin/apxs ./configure.apxs
make
sudo make install

configure apache 2.3 build

./configure –prefix=/opt/apache2 –enable-pie –enable-mods-shared=all –enable-authn-dbd –enable-so –disable-include –enable-deflate –enable-headers –enable-expires –enable-ssl=shared –enable-mpms-shared=all –with-mpm=worker –enable-rewrite –with-z=/home/mario/apache24/httpd-2.3.11-beta/srclib/zlib –enable-module=ssl –enable-fcgid

for fcgid

APXS=/opt/apache2/bin/apxs ./configure.apxs

compile lua on windows

Grab the “newest” (2008) http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.1.4.tar.gz
unpack it. Compiling with VC++ is very easy.

Open the x64 %comspec% /E:ON /V:ON /T:0E /K “C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0\Bin\SetEnv.cmd” /Release
or x86 command line
%comspec% /k “”C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat”” x86

browse to lua folder and run

etc\luavs
copy /y src\*.* .\

Done!

build mod_geoip

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

Giving mod_logrotate a signature

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

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)

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!

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