Following are instructions for installing apache and mod_perl by compiling them from source for a back-end MKDoc server and using Apache 2.x as a front facing proxy.
Compiling Apache 1.3.x from source is generally needed for MKDoc (Apache 2.x which comes with many GNU/Linux distros is not suitable), see the mod_perl site for more details.
See the alternative instructions for running Apache 1.3.x without a Apache 2.x proxy.
The latest apache 1.3.x can be downloaded from here: http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi
The latest mod_perl from here: http://perl.apache.org/download/
wget ftp://mirror.positive-internet.com/apache/httpd/apache_1.3.33.tar.gz wget ftp://mirror.positive-internet.com/apache/httpd/apache_1.3.33.tar.gz.asc wget http://perl.apache.org/dist/mod_perl-1.29.tar.gz wget http://perl.apache.org/dist/mod_perl-1.29.tar.gz.asc
gpg --recv-key 08C975E5 gpg --verify apache_1.3.33.tar.gz.asc gpg --recv-key 88C3A5A5 gpg --verify mod_perl-1.29.tar.gz.asc
tar -zxvf apache_1.3.33.tar.gz tar -zxvf mod_perl-1.29.tar.gz
Make and install mod_perl with mod_gzip and apache:
cd mod_perl-1.29 perl Makefile.PL APACHE_SRC=../apache_1.3.33/src \ DO_HTTPD=1 EVERYTHING=1 USE_APACI=1 make make test sudo make install cd ../apache_1.3.33 sudo make install
Apache can now be started, it will run on port 8080 by default if you complied it as a user other than root (this is fine if you are using Apache 2.x and a front facing proxy):
/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start
And if you want it to start after a reboot you can add this to /etc/rc.local (sourcing the mksetenv.sh script is essential for MKDoc to work properly and you chould change the path to where ever you have MKDoc installed):
source /var/mkdoc/mksetenv.sh /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start
If you want the Apache 2.x that comes with your distro to remain installed then one way to do this is to run the MKDoc Apache on a high port such as 8080 and use mod_rewrite to send requests on port 80 there.
Note that is has advantages: the ‘front-end’ Apache 2.x deals with slow-clients and can perform content compression and encryption, this leaves the ‘backend’ Apache 1.3.x as a dedicated mod_perl server. This backend doesn't need to be compiled with mod_ssl or mod_gzip.
This is an example conf file that could be dropped into /etc/httpd/conf.d/ on a Fedora / Red Hat distro:
# Editor: vim:syn=apache
#
# the mkdoc apache is in /usr/local/apache
# and the site is in /var/mkdoc/sites/example.org
#
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.example.org
ServerAlias example.org
ServerAlias users.example.org
ServerAdmin admin@example.org
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^users\.
RewriteRule /?(.*) http://users.example.org:8080/$1 [P,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.
RewriteRule /?(.*) http://www.example.org:8080/$1 [P,L]
RewriteRule /?(.*) http://www.example.org/$1 [R=permanent,L]
ErrorLog logs/example-error_log
CustomLog logs/example-access_log combined
</VirtualHost>
If you drop this file into the /etc/httpd/conf.d/ directory as deflate.conf then the front end Apache 2.x will do compression:
# Editor: vim:syn=apache # # mod deflate <Location /> # More info: http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_deflate.html # # Insert filter SetOutputFilter DEFLATE # # Netscape 4.x has some problems... BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html # # Netscape 4.06-4.08 have some more problems BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip # # MSIE masquerades as Netscape, but it is fine BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html # NOTE: Due to a bug in mod_setenvif up to Apache 2.0.48 # the above regex won't work. You can use the following # workaround to get the desired effect: # BrowserMatch \bMSI[E] !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html # # Don't compress images or PDFs SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \ \.(?:gif|jpe?g|png|pdf)$ no-gzip dont-vary # # Don't compress compressed data SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \ \.(?:exe|t?gz|zip|bz2|sit|rar)$ no-gzip dont-vary # # Don't compress compressed music, mp3's and ogg SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \ \.(?:mp3|ogg)$ no-gzip dont-vary # # Make sure proxies don't deliver the wrong content Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary </Location>