Build apache 2.4 on debian from scratch
MIT License
Build apache 2.4 on debian from scratch with a semi automatic setup. Since OpenSSL 3.0.x this works only on x86_64 Systems. 32 bit is no longer supported.
#clone
git clone https://github.com/JBlond/debian_build_apache24.git
cd debian_build_apache24
Use the make script
make prepare prepares the system for building
make build build from sources, but no daemon installation
make clean clear build artifacts
make purge Removes everything from this on the system.
make install install as daemon
make uninstall uninstall daemon
make update update from the sources and install as daemon
make graceful graceful apache restart
make stop stops apache
make start starts apache
make checksyntax apache config syntax check
The new apache will be installed in /opt/apache2
In order to get this build working on a raspberry pi your need to delete two parameters in build_apache.sh
in the openssl config options delete enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128
in the httpd configure option delete --enable-nonportable-atomics=yes
look for several /opt/openssl/lib64 in the ldflags and remove the 64
Patches are more than welcome to have that in a single script. Fork this repo and open a PR.
# To start apache
sudo /opt/apache2/bin/httpd -k start
# To stop apache
sudo /opt/apache2/bin/httpd -k stop
# To restart apache
sudo /opt/apache2/bin/httpd -k graceful
sudo /opt/apache2/bin/httpd -S
systemctl status apachectl
This builds all available mpms. You can load them in httpd.conf. event mpm is loaded set in httpd.conf by this script. There can be only one mpm at the time. It is not advised to change the mpm during restart. For that stop and start apache.
LoadModule mpm_event_module modues/mod_mpm_event.so
LoadModule mpm_worker_module modues/mod_mpm_worker.so
LoadModule mpm_prefork_module modues/mod_mpm_prefork.so
Event MPM depends on APR's atomic compare-and-swap operations for thread synchronization (--enable-nonportable-atomics=yes
). This will cause APR to implement atomic operations using efficient opcodes not available in older CPUs.
LoadModule http2_module modules/mod_http2.so
By default, the HTTP/2 protocol is not enabled anywhere in your server. You can add this for the server in general or for specific vhosts.
ProtocolsHonorOrder On
Protocols h2 h2c http/1.1
H2Direct On
For more information see https://icing.github.io/mod_h2/howto.html
brotli compression with deflate as fallback
LoadModule brotli_module modules/mod_brotli.so
AddOutputFilterByType BROTLI;DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/php text/css text/js text/javascript text/javascript-x application/x-javascript font/truetype
AddOutputFilterByType BROTLI;DEFLATE application/javascript application/rss+xml
DeflateCompressionLevel 9