Which Apache Modules Should I Enable?

[GreenLED]

Here's a question that I could use some help with. I'm back for more good answers . Below is a listing of all the modules in my httpd.conf. I'm running a site that is mainly PHP, and does not need CGI, ASP, etc. Therefore, with that in mind please let me know your suggestions on which I should disable / enable. Also, note that I'd like to disable the negotiation module, but I can't figure out which directives need to also be disabled. The server doesn't start when I comment out the negotiation module. Any hints?

 

LoadModule access_module modules/mod_access.so

LoadModule auth_module modules/mod_auth.so

LoadModule auth_anon_module modules/mod_auth_anon.so

LoadModule auth_dbm_module modules/mod_auth_dbm.so

LoadModule auth_digest_module modules/mod_auth_digest.so

LoadModule ldap_module modules/mod_ldap.so

LoadModule auth_ldap_module modules/mod_auth_ldap.so

# LoadModule include_module modules/mod_include.so

LoadModule log_config_module modules/mod_log_config.so

LoadModule env_module modules/mod_env.so

LoadModule mime_magic_module modules/mod_mime_magic.so

LoadModule cern_meta_module modules/mod_cern_meta.so

LoadModule expires_module modules/mod_expires.so

LoadModule deflate_module modules/mod_deflate.so

LoadModule headers_module modules/mod_headers.so

LoadModule usertrack_module modules/mod_usertrack.so

LoadModule setenvif_module modules/mod_setenvif.so

LoadModule mime_module modules/mod_mime.so

LoadModule dav_module modules/mod_dav.so

LoadModule status_module modules/mod_status.so

LoadModule autoindex_module modules/mod_autoindex.so

LoadModule asis_module modules/mod_asis.so

LoadModule info_module modules/mod_info.so

LoadModule dav_fs_module modules/mod_dav_fs.so

LoadModule vhost_alias_module modules/mod_vhost_alias.so

LoadModule negotiation_module modules/mod_negotiation.so

LoadModule dir_module modules/mod_dir.so

LoadModule imap_module modules/mod_imap.so

LoadModule actions_module modules/mod_actions.so

LoadModule speling_module modules/mod_speling.so

# LoadModule userdir_module modules/mod_userdir.so

LoadModule alias_module modules/mod_alias.so

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so

LoadModule proxy_ftp_module modules/mod_proxy_ftp.so

LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_proxy_http.so

LoadModule proxy_connect_module modules/mod_proxy_connect.so

LoadModule cache_module modules/mod_cache.so

LoadModule suexec_module modules/mod_suexec.so

LoadModule disk_cache_module modules/mod_disk_cache.so

LoadModule file_cache_module modules/mod_file_cache.so

LoadModule mem_cache_module modules/mod_mem_cache.so

# LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so

LoadModule logio_module /usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_logio.so

 

[corbin]

"Also, note that I'd like to disable the negotiation module, but I can't figure out which directives need to also be disabled."

 

You want to?  Why do you want to do so?

 

It's quite important.  http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_negotiation.html

 

 

I have my Apache config quite minimized (runs two processes at 11MB RAM [minimum] each), and this is my module section:

 

LoadModule alias_module modules/mod_alias.so
LoadModule auth_basic_module modules/mod_auth_basic.so
LoadModule authn_default_module modules/mod_authn_default.so
LoadModule authn_file_module modules/mod_authn_file.so
LoadModule authz_default_module modules/mod_authz_default.so
LoadModule authz_groupfile_module modules/mod_authz_groupfile.so
LoadModule authz_host_module modules/mod_authz_host.so
LoadModule authz_user_module modules/mod_authz_user.so
LoadModule autoindex_module modules/mod_autoindex.so
LoadModule deflate_module modules/mod_deflate.so
LoadModule dir_module modules/mod_dir.so
LoadModule log_config_module modules/mod_log_config.so
LoadModule mime_module modules/mod_mime.so
LoadModule negotiation_module modules/mod_negotiation.so
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
LoadModule setenvif_module modules/mod_setenvif.so
PHPIniDir "/Program Files/PHP/"
LoadModule php5_module "/Program Files/PHP/php5apache2_2.dll"

[GreenLED]

"Also, note that I'd like to disable the negotiation module, but I can't figure out which directives need to also be disabled."

 

You want to?  Why do you want to do so?

 

It's quite important.  http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_negotiation.html

 

 

I have my Apache config quite minimized (runs two processes at 11MB RAM [minimum] each), and this is my module section:

 

LoadModule alias_module modules/mod_alias.so
LoadModule auth_basic_module modules/mod_auth_basic.so
LoadModule authn_default_module modules/mod_authn_default.so
LoadModule authn_file_module modules/mod_authn_file.so
LoadModule authz_default_module modules/mod_authz_default.so
LoadModule authz_groupfile_module modules/mod_authz_groupfile.so
LoadModule authz_host_module modules/mod_authz_host.so
LoadModule authz_user_module modules/mod_authz_user.so
LoadModule autoindex_module modules/mod_autoindex.so
LoadModule deflate_module modules/mod_deflate.so
LoadModule dir_module modules/mod_dir.so
LoadModule log_config_module modules/mod_log_config.so
LoadModule mime_module modules/mod_mime.so
LoadModule negotiation_module modules/mod_negotiation.so
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
LoadModule setenvif_module modules/mod_setenvif.so
PHPIniDir "/Program Files/PHP/"
LoadModule php5_module "/Program Files/PHP/php5apache2_2.dll"

 

I keep seeing "AddLanguage" directives of which I will never use. At least I don't think so. I only want my stuff to translate into English, right? Maybe I'm dumb or something, lol. What exactly does the negotiation module do -- in your own words? In the meantime, I will try out this setup and see if it works for me. The only downside is I'm using Plesk, which I believe adds some extra modules.

[corbin]

I would imagine that AddLanguage corrosponds with the Content-Language HTTP header.

 

Example:

AddLanguage en .en

 

I would think that with that, any .en file would be served with a Content-Language: en header.

 

Example headers:

 

---Request---

GET /somefile.en HTTP/1.1

Host: localhost

Connection: close

 

 

---Response---

HTTP/1.1 OK

Content-Language: en

 

 

 

Also, the mime-type module is useful for more things than AddLanguage.  Mime-types tell the browser how to handle each page (page used loosely), so imagine if the client didn't know what to do x.x.

 

 

 

"What exactly does the negotiation module do -- in your own words?"

 

 

Hrmmm to be honest, I thought it was kind of like the mime module, but it turns out, the negotiation module is pretty useless.  When you disable it, what error do you get?