[SOLVED] Changing the MPM from prefork to worker

[csaif7]

Hi - I am moving away from prefork module to worker and wondering if some one can tell me the easy way to achieve the same without effecting all the settings on the running server.

 

Environment:

 

- Solaris 8/9/10 (three web server on different version of Solaris)

- Apache2 (2.0.63) with prefork module

 

Goal:

 

Switch the MPM from from prefork to worker

 

Can I follow these steps do you see any problem in these steps:

 

-  back up the previous install directory e.g. /usr/local/apache2.previous

-  configure and compile apache (2.0.63) with worker module and use the same prefix as the previous install e.g. /usr/local/apache2

- install apache (over write the files in /usr/local/apache2 directory

 

I tried to install it under a different prefix and after comparing it with the previous instance I found 308 files different (mainly in cgi-bin , conf, include and lib directories).

 

Thanks,

[trq]

Seems a fair enough procedure to me. You might want to backup anything under /etc as well though.

[csaif7]

Thanks for your quick reply - did you mean any thing under /etc/apache directory? The etc itself has many files in it that are not apache related.

 

I have the following under /etc/apache

 

access.conf

httpd.conf-example

jserv.conf

jserv.properties

magic

mime.types

srm.conf

zone.properties

 

[trq]

Yeah, I meant anything relating to apache obviously.

[csaif7]

I did the recompilation and used the steps listed before and the server is up and running with worker module - so far no problem.

 

I guess this thread can be close. Thanks for you confirmation.