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Asked: 2010-11-01 17:06:41 +0800 CST

Installing mod_proxy for apache on Gentoo

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I just switched over to working with a gentoo server, and am having problems installing apache with mod_proxy. I've gone over many of the documents for using the USE command but haven't figured out how to recompile Apache with mod_proxy support.

To be clear I have apache installed but mod_proxy is currently not available in my modules folder. The apache modules which I get when trying 

emerge -pv apache

APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias -asis -auth_digest -authn_dbd -cern_meta -charset_lite -dbd -dumpio -ident -imagemap -log_forensic -proxy -proxy_ajp -proxy_balancer -proxy_connect -proxy_ftp -proxy_http -substitute -version" APACHE2_MPMS="-event -itk -peruser -prefork -worker" 0 kB
linux apache-2.2 gentoo

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  1. Best Answer

    I tried following unixbhaskar's advice however it still compiled apache without the proxy modules, however I found instead of using USE but setting APACHE2_MODULEs:

    APACHE2_MODULES="proxy proxy_ajp proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_ftp proxy_http actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" emerge -av apache

    Successfully installed apache with the mod_proxy modules in the appropriate /usr/lib/apache/modules folder.

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  2. Please follow my instruction carefully:

    root@bhaskar-laptop_08:29:26_Mon Nov 01:/ # sudo USE="mod_proxy" emerge -av apache

    These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

    Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] www-servers/apache-2.2.16 USE="ldap ssl -debug -doc (-selinux) -static -suexec -threads" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias -asis -auth_digest -authn_dbd -cern_meta -charset_lite -dbd -dumpio -ident -imagemap -log_forensic -proxy -proxy_ajp -proxy_balancer -proxy_connect -proxy_ftp -proxy_http -substitute -version" APACHE2_MPMS="-event -itk -peruser -prefork -worker" 0 kB

    Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB

    Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] n

    Quitting.

    I hope the bold portion is your concern means you want to activate right?? if so, then please use the USE flag and include those option then emerge . As I do in the above..just replace mod_proxy with the bold options and it will solve your owes.

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