apache-modconf - reconfigure the Apache webserver modules list

apache-modconf apache | apache-ssl | apache-perl [options]

This command is meant to be a simple interface between sysadmins and apache (in all it's flavours) to administer which modules has to be loaded or not. It automatically creates a new config file located in /etc/apache{-perl,-ssl}/modules.conf and it will cleanup httpd.conf from all the LoadModules entries that are Debian standards without modifying any custom one. In order for apache-modconf to recognize a module, this needs to have a correctly formatted .info file in /usr/lib/apache/1.3/

Note: apache-modconf obsoletes apacheconfig, apache-sslconfig and apache-perlconfig

A summary of options are included below.

enable <module_name>

this will automatically enable the module in the selection list and ask if the specified flavour of apache should be restarted. module_name has to match the same as specified in the .info filename.

Example: apache-modconf apache enable mod_php4

disable <module_name> [quiet]

this will automatically disable the module in the selection list and ask if the specified flavour of apache should be restarted. The quite option will not prompt for any selection but it will just do the work (useful only when called by other scripts).

Example: apache-modconf apache-ssl disable mod_perl quiet

query <module_name>

will return a non-empty string if the module is enabled in the configuration.

Example: apache-modconf apache-perl query mod_ssl

Note: use of the quiet options should be done very carefully since a sysadmin should always be able to verify what has been changed in the configuration.

In order for apache-modconf to be able to recognize a module, the latter should be provided with an .info file installed in /usr/lib/apache/1.3. The minimum requirement for a .info file to be valid is its first line, that should contain the LoadModule information. Ex:

LoadModule: urlcount_module /usr/lib/apache/1.3/mod_urlcount.so

at this point in time no other entries are processed.

This program and manual page was written by Fabio M. Di Nitto <fabbione@fabbione.net>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).