[cobalt-users] Re: Apache 2 package for raq4 ?

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> For a new application we need to have apache2 and mod_jk2 running.
>
> I had a look around but couldn't find any apache2 package for my
> raq4. Is there one available ?

I haven't heard of one yet.

> What is the best way to have this soft running ? Compile it from
> scratch ? In this case what are the side effect on the
> pre-installed application ? What about carrying on configuring the
> virtual server with the WebGUI would it still be possible ?

There are already two Apache daemons running, one to power
the UI, and one for "user space" web serving.  In theory,
replacing the 'user space' daemon with an Apache 2 version
wouldn't harm the admin UI at all.

The biggest issue would be modifying all the backend scripts
that modify the Apache config file to work with the
different config file format, available directives, etc.
And of course making all the "addons" like PHP, FrontPage,
etc work properly with the new version - you'd probably have
to build new versions of most/all of those as well.

So you could manually install a new Apache2 system in place
of the userspace version (in /etc/httpd), and then maintain
all your virtual site settings by hand rather than relying
on the UI.  If you only have a single site, and don't want
to change hardware, that's doable. But you will be losing
most of the appliance functionality.