Dave_77 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Hello, We need to install mod_evasive module on our Apache2 that runs on Fedora server. However, for that we need Apache's apxs to compile it. We found out that we can do that by running the yum install httpd-devel However, when we run that, we get the following: ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: httpd-devel i386 2.2.8-1.fc7 updates 144 k Updating: httpd i386 2.2.8-1.fc7 updates 1.0 M openldap i386 2.3.34-7.fc7 updates 291 k Installing for dependencies: apr-devel i386 1.2.8-6 fedora 170 k apr-util-devel i386 1.2.10-1.fc7 updates 54 k cyrus-sasl-devel i386 2.1.22-8.fc7 updates 351 k db4-devel i386 4.5.20-5.fc7 fedora 2.3 M expat-devel i386 1.95.8-9 fedora 129 k openldap-devel i386 2.3.34-7.fc7 updates 1.5 M Updating for dependencies: httpd-manual i386 2.2.8-1.fc7 updates 821 k mod_ssl i386 1:2.2.8-1.fc7 updates 85 k openldap-clients i386 2.3.34-7.fc7 updates 179 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 7 Package(s) Update 5 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 7.0 M We're kind of cautios, because we have never updated Apache on our live server. We'd prefer if we could download and install just the httpd-devel module. Is this possible? If not, would this mess up any of our existing configuration? Could we expect any problems? And do we need to shut Apache down, then run the updates and only then restart it? I realise these are dummy questions, but we're fairly new at all this. We'd greatly appreciate all the help. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 We're kind of cautios, because we have never updated Apache on our live server. We'd prefer if we could download and install just the httpd-devel module. Is this possible? No, httpd-devel replaces your existing install of Apache. It is exactly the same version, it just installs extra headers, source code and tools required for Apache development. If not, would this mess up any of our existing configuration? Could we expect any problems? And do we need to shut Apache down, then run the updates and only then restart it? I am not a Fedora user but had to do exactly the same thing on my Debian servers. Any decent distro (fedora included) will not overide existing configurations automatically. You should not have any problems. It should also be fine to leave Apache running, the last step of the install on Debian was automatically a quick Apache restart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_77 Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 No, httpd-devel replaces your existing install of Apache. It is exactly the same version, it just installs extra headers, source code and tools required for Apache development. Thanks very much for clearing it up! Here's another thing though - we have mod_security2 add on. When we started using the server, this was already on it, however we're not sure whether it comes with original Apache installation or was it added manually. Could mod_security2 files get overwritten? We would back up all the conf files just in case (httpd.conf loads mod_security2 module), however could updating Apache in the way you described remove or disable mod_security? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Could mod_security2 files get overwritten? We would back up all the conf files just in case (httpd.conf loads mod_security2 module), however could updating Apache in the way you described remove or disable mod_security? Like I said, any decent distro will not let any configurations be overidden. As mods are simply addons to Apache, they are little pieces of standalone code. Simply updating or reinstalling Apache should have no effect whatsoever. However, yes, make sure you backup firstly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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