Apache 2.2 to 2.4 Upgrade

Nikumba · 12 Jun 2018 at 14:32

Hi,

Has anyone managed to do an in-place upgrade from Apache 2.2 to 2.4 on a Redhad based distro?

Or have any guides where to go.

Thanks

Kimbie

PaulCa · 17 Jun 2018 at 06:46

Remember you are not bound to your distro's packages. Apache is pretty easy to install from source. Adding PHP and it's modules is a little more tricky, but Apache httpd is pretty straight forward. The one you build from source will be significantly more lean and potentially faster too.

Nikumba · 18 Jun 2018 at 09:49

Never compiled anything from source before so not sure what is involved. Do you have any guides? Annoyingly we do not have 2.4 in our repo and the guides on the net don't seem to work any more

SoundsGood · 18 Jun 2018 at 20:49

Copy the config over, run apachectl configtest, fix/google any errors it complains about

SMN · 19 Jun 2018 at 09:43

RHEL supports containers right? Apache 2.4 container, expose the container to /etc/httpd and /var/www (or similar) directories, and test it that way. Gives you a simpler roll back.

Hecate · 19 Jun 2018 at 11:23

I'd go down the path of using the Software Collections packages:
https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2014/10/01/using-apache-httpd-2-4-rhel6/

Bear in mind that access control has changed significantly in Apache 2.4

DeeJay-Mo · 4 Jul 2018 at 12:10

SoundsGood said:
Copy the config over, run apachectl configtest, fix/google any errors it complains about

Yeah, I agree. Not worth overthinking it. Just bang it over the head with a hammer until it works. Otherwise, if you have the option / luxury, build a fresh server and migrate the applications instead. This way you can get everything working nice, before switching over.