Re: Perl module for Apache configuration
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 10:34:20AM -0500, Gene Grimm wrote:
> Are there any Perl modules that can help modify a configuration file
> for Apache?
libapache-configfile-perl can parse apache config files. for writing
them, you're on your own AFAIK (not very hard, it's plain text with a
well-defined format, easy to generate).
Package: libapache-configfile-perl
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: interpreters
Installed-Size: 124
Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@debian.org>
Version: 1.18-1
Depends: perl (>= 5.6.0-16)
Description: Parse an Apache style httpd.conf configuration file
This module parses the Apache httpd.conf, or any compatible config
file, and provides methods for you to access the values from the
config file.
there are a few other perl modules to do similar things, including:
Package: libconfig-general-perl
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: interpreters
Installed-Size: 172
Maintainer: Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari@ping.uio.no>
Version: 2.09-1
Depends: perl (>= 5.6.0-16)
Description: Generic Config Module
This module opens a config file and parses it's contents for you. The
new method requires one parameter which needs to be a filename. The
method getall returns a hash which contains all options and it's
associated values of your config file.
.
The format of config files supported by Config::General is inspired
by the well known apache config format, in fact, this module is 100%
compatible to apache configs, but you can also just use simple
name/value pairs in your config files.
.
In addition to the capabilities of an apache config file it supports
some enhancements such as here-documents, C-style comments or
multiline options.
Package: libappconfig-perl
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: interpreters
Installed-Size: 260
Maintainer: Stefan Hornburg (Racke) <racke@linuxia.de>
Source: appconfig-perl
Version: 1.52-8
Depends: perl (>= 5.6.0-16)
Description: Perl module for configuration file and command line parsing
AppConfig is a bundle of Perl5 modules for reading configuration files
and parsing command line arguments. This is a descendant of, and
supersedes the App::Config module. Functionality is extended over the
final version of App::Config (1.09) and includes many new features. This
module has been developed and in the process, renamed, as part of an
effort to unify the various Perl modules for parsing configuration files
and command line arguments.
> I'm looking for a method to script addition of virtual web sites (done
> through mod_vhost_alias) and setting throttle values for the directory
> associated with that virtual host.
i recommend generating a separate config file containing your vhost
definitions, with an "Include" line in httpd.conf
that way, you can take the easy way out and just blow-away and
regenerate your entire vhost configuration each time. much easier than
parsing and modifying an existing file.
i do something similar with my vhost system (i don't use mod_vhost, it's
not flexible enough for my needs). i generate individual config file
fragments for each virtual host, and then concatenate those fragments
together to make one include file.
the reason i do this is so that i can use md5sum to detect whether any
of the config fragments have been hand-edited - so that my script can
avoid overwriting any custom changes. if i find that i make the same
custom changes for several different vhosts, i modify my scripts so that
it becomes a configurable option.
craig
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