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CSWS 2.1-1 dynamic config file

Dieter Rossbach — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:59:06 GMT

After some hours of reading in the internet with no result, here is my question:

I want to have a common httpd.conf in a cluster environment with conditional parts depending a predefined variables or the system name or ...

Dieter

Re: CSWS 2.1-1 dynamic config file

Jan van den Ende — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:14:10 GMT

Dieter,

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I want to have a common httpd.conf in a cluster environment with conditional parts depending a predefined variables or the system name or ...
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It may or may not be useful to you, but the standard VMS way to such effect would be to make a SPECIFIC

I am not aware of CSWS CONF include-file facilities, but if such exists, then use a common main file with some specific includes.

hth

Proost.

Have one on me.

jpe

Re: CSWS 2.1-1 dynamic config file

Dieter Rossbach — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:54:09 GMT

> I am not aware of CSWS CONF include-file facilities, but if such exists, then use a common main file with some specific includes.

CONF include facilities exist and I use them. I have a common httpd.conf and includes in the specific area.

Re: CSWS 2.1-1 dynamic config file

Hoff — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 14:30:59 GMT

Haven't tried this: Set up the include as you normally would, but set up a logical name redirect the file or th directory before Apache is started.

The command apachectl configtest will tell you where it's looking for the configuration file...

Include conf/mumble.conf

I'd expect to need to experiment with this stuff to see just what gets translated. This might end up needing to add another translation to APACHE$COMMON to aim at the local directory.

Not sure how much of this would be considered supported by HP.

One approach that almost certainly would be supported is the -D parameter directive on the SWS server startup command, and an IfDefine block in the configuration file. Set the parameter in using a DCL lexical and DCL if-else-endif logic and such, and off you go...

There's also the virtual host stuff, which is what I use...

Re: CSWS 2.1-1 dynamic config file

Dieter Rossbach — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 22:39:31 GMT

und I use virtual hosts, of course.

Actually, I server about 20 websites with csws using common- and specific config files, using java, php, mysql, oracle, rdb ...

I have the httpd.conf in the specific path (needs a little modification in the apache startup and shutdown procedures) and the production includes in the common part. The production includes are in the common part, and for every include i want to modify, O have an additional one in the local specific path, overwriting the common on for that node, e.g. switching of support for a website or proxy serving with empty config files. But that's a lot of renaming, creating and deleting files, when I change configurations. I'm looking for a simpler way, easer to maintain, easier to document.

Someting like having an include file with variables, and use these variables to switch on or of special features with som if constructs in the config files.

like this

setup_file:
$ on = 1
$ off = 0
$ website_a == on
$ website_b == off
$ proxy == on

config file

include setup_File

website_a

NameVirtualHost 12.34.56.80:80
...

Dieter

Re: CSWS 2.1-1 dynamic config file

Hoff — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 22:44:21 GMT

$ hpptd -D yournodeparam

and over in the conf files...

Re: CSWS 2.1-1 dynamic config file

Dieter Rossbach — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:18:26 GMT

Works, thanks

Dieter