Module Installation - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation Manual

External Modules
Modules labeled external are not included in the official Apache distribution. SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server provides several of them readily available for use.
Multiprocessing Modules
MPMs are responsible for accepting and handling requests to the Web server, rep-
resenting the core of the Web server software.

40.4.1 Module Installation

If you have followed the default way of installing Apache (described in Section 40.1.2,
"Installation" (page 746)), it is installed with all base and extension modules, the multi-
processing module Prefork MPM, and the external modules mod_php5 and mod_python.
You can install additional external modules by starting YaST and choosing Software
> Software Management. Now choose Filter > Search and search for apache. Among
other packages, the result list contains all available external Apache modules.
40.4.2 Activation and Deactivation
Using YaST, you can activate or deactivate the script language modules (PHP5, Perl,
Python) with the module configuration described in Section "HTTP Server Wizard"
(page 755). All other modules can be enabled or disabled as described in Section
"Server Modules" (page 760).
If you prefer to activate or deactivate the modules manually, use the commands
a2enmod mod_foo or a2dismod mod_foo, respectively. a2enmod -l outputs
a list of all currently active modules.
IMPORTANT: Including Configuration Files for External Modules
If you have activated external modules manually, make sure to load their con-
figuration files in all virtual host configurations. Configuration files for external
modules are located under /etc/apache2/conf.d/ and are not loaded by
default. If you need the same modules on each virtual host, you can include *
.conf from this directory. Otherwise include individual files. See /etc/
apache2/vhost.d/vhost.template for examples.
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