Repo Name	version	Build Status
cd_apache	0.0.1.7

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 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!!! __**

Table of Contents

• Features
• Repo Structure
• Dependencies
• Deployment
  • native Puppet deployment
  • through Foreman
• Parameters
  • Mandatory Parameters
  • Optional Parameters
• SELINUX
• Known Problems
• Support
• Tests
• Changelog
• Contact Us
• Disclaimer

Features

Installation

• install required binaries and dependencies

Configuration

• manage user settings (optional)
• manage directory structure (optional)
• manage configuration files (optional):
  • file system permissions
  • selinux context
• manage firewall settings (optional)

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 as parameterized .erb files. You would create a define for vhosts, i.e. using the example parameters, and simply add cd_apache as requirement (i.e. require cd_apache) so it gets installed automatically.

Repo Structure

Repostructure as been moved to REPOSTRUCTURE.md

Dependencies

All dependencies must be included in the catalogue.

• cd_resources

Deployment

native Puppet deployment

via site.pp or nodes.pp

node 'example.example.net' {
  include cd_puppetdb
}

through Foreman:

In order to apply parameters through Foreman, cd_apache::params must be added to the host or hostgroup in question.

See more details about class deployment on Confdroid.com.

Parameters

The following parameters are editable via params.pp or through ENC (recommended). Values changed will take immediate effect at next puppet run. Services will be restarted where neccessary.

Mandatory Parameters

Optional Parameters

• $ae_manage_user : Whether or not to manage the user settings. Important when accessing shared resources accross nodes. Defaults to false.
• $ae_manage_cfg : Whether or not to manage the apache configuration. Defaults to false as this module is meant to be used through profiles or roles or other modules.
• $ae_manage_dirs : Whether or not to manage the directory structure. Defaults to true.
• $ae_allow_user_dirs : Whether or not to allow presenting content from end user home directories. Defaults to false.

SELINUX

All files and directories are configured with correct selinux context. If selinux is disabled, these contexts are ignored.

Known Problems

Support

• OS: CentOS 6, 7

Tests

• Puppet Lint
  • excluded tests:
    • --no-class_inherits_from_params_class-check:relavant only to non-supported outdated puppet versions
    • --no-variable_scope-check: not applicable as we are inheriting parameters from params class. the lint check does not distinguish between facts and inherited parameters.
    • --no-80chars-check: it is not always possible to stay within 80 characters, although typically only occurring on the parameter vault params.pp.
    • --no-arrow_alignment-check: this check leads to actually not having am easily readable arrow alignment, as this checks per block, not per class.
• Puppet Parser
• ERB Template Parser
• Test for unwanted UTF8 files in the Puppet code (see tests/UTF_Files)

Contact Us

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Disclaimer

ConfDroid as entity is entirely independent from Puppet. We provide custom configuration modules, written for specific purposes and specific environments. The modules are tested and supported only as documented, and require testing in designated environments (i.e. lab or development environments) for parameter tuning etc. before deploying into production environments.