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adrian
Joined: 31 Mar 2011
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 Posted: Thu 31 Mar '11 6:20 Post subject: How to define and use variables in httpd.conf |
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Hey everybody,
I'm running Apache 2.2.17 on Windows, and I'm trying to create a configuration file that takes certain variables, whose values are set depending on whether the server is in a test or production environment.
For example, DocumentRoot will be different etc.
I'm looking for something as simple as:
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SetEnv DOCUMENT_ROOT /blah/blah/
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DocumentRoot $(DOCUMENT_ROOT)
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First of all that doesn't seem possible natively (although this seems like a fundamental feature).
I found mod_define that seems to enable this sort of functionality, but couldn't find the corresponding mod_define.so binary for Windows, and I don't know how to build it from the source code.
Any help will be appreciated.
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bentogoa
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Posts: 66
Location: GOA
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| Posted: Thu 31 Mar '11 9:01 Post subject: |
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| wouldn't it be easy for you to use Virtual Host, here u can use different doc root for different sites |
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adrian
Joined: 31 Mar 2011
Posts: 4
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| Posted: Thu 31 Mar '11 10:45 Post subject: |
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Thanks for your answer.
DocumentRoot is in fact inside a <VirtualHost> directive, but I still need to be able to use a common value for DocumentRoot and many other <Directory> directives:
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SetEnv DOCUMENT_ROOT /blah/blah
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot $(DOCUMENT_ROOT)
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<Directory $(DOCUMENT_ROOT)/A>
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</Directory>
<Directory $(DOCUMENT_ROOT)/B>
....
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
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James Blond
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 7407
Location: EU, Germany, Next to Hamburg
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| Posted: Thu 31 Mar '11 15:14 Post subject: |
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What you need is mod_marco. The compiled binary can be found on the download page from apachelounge.
emaple
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## Define a VHost Macro.
<Macro VHost $host $port $dir>
Listen $port
<VirtualHost $host:$port>
DocumentRoot $dir
<Directory $dir>
# do something here...
</Directory>
# limit access to intranet subdir.
<Directory $dir/intranet>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from 10.0.0.0/8
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
</Macro>
## Use of VHost with different arguments.
Use VHost www.apache.org 80 /projects/apache/web
Use VHost www.perl.com 8080 /projects/perl/web
Use VHost www.ensmp.fr 1234 /projects/mines/web
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adrian
Joined: 31 Mar 2011
Posts: 4
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| Posted: Thu 31 Mar '11 16:30 Post subject: |
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Yes, that makes sense. And split the conf in two files - location independent with the macro, and the location dependent part where I include the first file with the actual argument.
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include macros.conf
Use my_macro /blah/blah
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Thanks!
adrian |
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