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### Synopsis
`Apache httpd` is a very powerful and widely used web server.
`cd_apache` automates the installation and configuration of httpd. This module is a base module providing the httpd service itself, meaning that it is designed to be used by other role- or profile modules, adding more detailed configurations specific to the particular use case, i.e. full content servers, front-end for application servers, proxies etc.
`cd_apache` automates the installation and configuration of httpd. This module is a base module simply providing the httpd service itself to be used by other role- or profile modules, adding more detailed configurations specific to the particular use case.
### WARNING
`**__!!! Attention: Never use this puppet module on systems which have been previously configured manually. It is impossible to predict how and what would have been configured, hence previuos configurations outside the scope of this module may be overwritten! Automated configurations require a test environment to verify that the module suits the purpose intended by the user, as well as tune the parameters, before deploying into live production!!! __**`
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Maintenance
* manage the service
#### vHosts
As stated in the ynopsis, this module was written particularly for usage as base module. `Apache httpd` has a great number of usae cases where it actually is not used directly as full blown webser, but instead as 'sub-service'. Examples here would be
* frontend proxy for other applications to avoid having to put the port number into the URL
* applications like phpMyAdmin, phpPgAdmin
* WordPress
* Nagios etc.
With those use cases, you would provide the vHosts at the Puppet module for the application, not the base module. Also, if you plan to use this module to run a plain fully fledged web server, you would use a role- or profile class/module on top of `cd_apache` to set up your vHost exactly as needed. Examples for regular basic vHost configuration files are included in the examples directory. The exact layout for your particular vhost configuration files depend a lot on your application and organization requirements, and cannot be predicted from outside per se.
### Repo Structure
Repostructure as been moved to REPOSTRUCTURE.md