Apache apache2 configuration example for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

Get the default configuration file apache2 for Apache, optimized for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin). This example configuration ensures optimal compatibility and performance for Apache, making it easy to set up and adjust to meet your needs.

Find and download the configuration file here: /etc/init.d/apache2.

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    #!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          apache2
# Required-Start:    $local_fs $remote_fs $network $syslog $named
# Required-Stop:     $local_fs $remote_fs $network $syslog $named
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# X-Interactive:     true
# Short-Description: Start/stop apache2 web server
### END INIT INFO

set -e

SCRIPTNAME="${0##*/}"
SCRIPTNAME="${SCRIPTNAME##[KS][0-9][0-9]}"
if [ -n "$APACHE_CONFDIR" ] ; then
	if [ "${APACHE_CONFDIR##/etc/apache2-}" != "${APACHE_CONFDIR}" ] ; then
		DIR_SUFFIX="${APACHE_CONFDIR##/etc/apache2-}"
	else
		DIR_SUFFIX=
	fi
elif [ "${SCRIPTNAME##apache2-}" != "$SCRIPTNAME" ] ; then
	DIR_SUFFIX="-${SCRIPTNAME##apache2-}"
	APACHE_CONFDIR=/etc/apache2$DIR_SUFFIX
else
	DIR_SUFFIX=
	APACHE_CONFDIR=/etc/apache2
fi
if [ -z "$APACHE_ENVVARS" ] ; then
	APACHE_ENVVARS=$APACHE_CONFDIR/envvars
fi
export APACHE_CONFDIR APACHE_ENVVARS

ENV="env -i LANG=C PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin"
if [ "$APACHE_CONFDIR" != /etc/apache2 ] ; then
	ENV="$ENV APACHE_CONFDIR=$APACHE_CONFDIR"
fi
if [ "$APACHE_ENVVARS" != "$APACHE_CONFDIR/envvars" ] ; then
	ENV="$ENV APACHE_ENVVARS=$APACHE_ENVVARS"
fi


#edit /etc/default/apache2 to change this.
HTCACHECLEAN_RUN=auto
HTCACHECLEAN_MODE=daemon
HTCACHECLEAN_SIZE=300M
HTCACHECLEAN_DAEMON_INTERVAL=120
HTCACHECLEAN_PATH=/var/cache/apache2$DIR_SUFFIX/mod_disk_cache
HTCACHECLEAN_OPTIONS=""

APACHE_HTTPD=$(. $APACHE_ENVVARS && echo $APACHE_HTTPD)
if [ -z "$APACHE_HTTPD" ] ; then
	APACHE_HTTPD=/usr/sbin/apache2
fi
if [ ! -x $APACHE_HTTPD ] ; then
	echo "No apache MPM package installed"
	exit 0
fi

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

test -f /etc/default/rcS && . /etc/default/rcS

if [ -f /etc/default/apache2$DIR_SUFFIX ] ; then
	. /etc/default/apache2$DIR_SUFFIX
elif [ -f /etc/default/apache2 ] ; then
	. /etc/default/apache2
fi

APACHE2CTL="$ENV /usr/sbin/apache2ctl"
HTCACHECLEAN="$ENV /usr/sbin/htcacheclean"

PIDFILE=$(. $APACHE_ENVVARS && echo $APACHE_PID_FILE)
if [ -z "$PIDFILE" ] ; then
	echo ERROR: APACHE_PID_FILE needs to be defined in $APACHE_ENVVARS >&2
	exit 2
fi


check_htcacheclean() {
	[ "$HTCACHECLEAN_MODE" = "daemon" ] || return 1

	[ "$HTCACHECLEAN_RUN"  = "yes"    ] && return 0

	MODSDIR=$(. $APACHE_ENVVARS && echo $APACHE_MODS_ENABLED)
	[ "$HTCACHECLEAN_RUN"  = "auto" \
	  -a -e ${MODSDIR:-$APACHE_CONFDIR/mods-enabled}/disk_cache.load ] && \
		return 0
	
	return 1
}

start_htcacheclean() {
	if [ ! -d "$HTCACHECLEAN_PATH" ] ; then
		echo "... directory $HTCACHECLEAN_PATH does not exist!" >&2
		return 1
	fi	
	$HTCACHECLEAN $HTCACHECLEAN_OPTIONS -d$HTCACHECLEAN_DAEMON_INTERVAL \
			-i -p$HTCACHECLEAN_PATH -l$HTCACHECLEAN_SIZE
}

stop_htcacheclean() {
	pkill -P 1 -f "htcacheclean.* -p$HTCACHECLEAN_PATH " 2> /dev/null || echo ...not running
}

pidof_apache() {
	# if there is actually an apache2 process whose pid is in PIDFILE,
	# print it and return 0.
	if [ -e "$PIDFILE" ]; then
		if pidof apache2 | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -w $(cat $PIDFILE); then
			return 0
		fi
	fi
	return 1
}

apache_stop() {
	if $APACHE2CTL configtest > /dev/null 2>&1; then
		# if the config is ok than we just stop normaly
                $APACHE2CTL stop 2>&1 | grep -v 'not running' >&2 || true
	else
		# if we are here something is broken and we need to try
		# to exit as nice and clean as possible
		PID=$(pidof_apache) || true

		if [ "${PID}" ]; then
			# in this case it is everything nice and dandy and we kill apache2
			echo
			log_warning_msg "The apache2$DIR_SUFFIX configtest failed, so we are trying to kill it manually. This is almost certainly suboptimal, so please make sure your system is working as you'd expect now!"
                        kill $PID
		elif [ "$(pidof apache2)" ]; then
			if [ "$VERBOSE" != no ]; then
                                echo " ... failed!"
			        echo "You may still have some apache2 processes running.  There are"
 			        echo "processes named 'apache2' which do not match your pid file,"
			        echo "and in the name of safety, we've left them alone.  Please review"
			        echo "the situation by hand."
                        fi
                        return 1
		fi
	fi
}

apache_wait_stop() {
	# running ?
	PIDTMP=$(pidof_apache) || true
	if kill -0 "${PIDTMP:-}" 2> /dev/null; then
	    PID=$PIDTMP
	fi

	apache_stop

	# wait until really stopped
	if [ -n "${PID:-}" ]; then
		i=0
		while kill -0 "${PID:-}" 2> /dev/null;  do
        		if [ $i = '60' ]; then
        			break;
        	 	else
        			if [ $i = '0' ]; then
                			echo -n " ... waiting "
        			else
                	      		echo -n "."
        		 	fi
        			i=$(($i+1))
        			sleep 1
        	      fi
		 done
	fi
}

case $1 in
	start)
		log_daemon_msg "Starting web server" "apache2"
		if $APACHE2CTL start; then
			if check_htcacheclean ; then
				log_progress_msg htcacheclean
				start_htcacheclean || log_end_msg 1
			fi
                        log_end_msg 0
                else
                        log_end_msg 1
                fi
	;;
	stop)
		if check_htcacheclean ; then
			log_daemon_msg "Stopping web server" "htcacheclean"
			stop_htcacheclean
			log_progress_msg "apache2"
		else
			log_daemon_msg "Stopping web server" "apache2"
		fi
		if apache_wait_stop; then
                        log_end_msg 0
                else
                        log_end_msg 1
                fi
	;;
	graceful-stop)
		if check_htcacheclean ; then
			log_daemon_msg "Stopping web server" "htcacheclean"
			stop_htcacheclean
			log_progress_msg "apache2"
		else
			log_daemon_msg "Stopping web server" "apache2"
		fi
		if $APACHE2CTL graceful-stop; then
                        log_end_msg 0
                else
                        log_end_msg 1
                fi
	;;
	reload | force-reload | graceful)
		if ! $APACHE2CTL configtest > /dev/null 2>&1; then
                    $APACHE2CTL configtest || true
                    log_end_msg 1
                    exit 1
                fi
                log_daemon_msg "Reloading web server config" "apache2"
		if pidof_apache > /dev/null ; then
                    if $APACHE2CTL graceful $2 ; then
                        log_end_msg 0
                    else
                        log_end_msg 1
                    fi
                fi
	;;
	restart)
		if ! $APACHE2CTL configtest > /dev/null 2>&1; then
		    $APACHE2CTL configtest || true
		    log_end_msg 1
		    exit 1
		fi
		if check_htcacheclean ; then
			log_daemon_msg "Restarting web server" "htcacheclean"
			stop_htcacheclean
			log_progress_msg apache2
		else
			log_daemon_msg "Restarting web server" "apache2"
		fi
		PID=$(pidof_apache) || true
		if ! apache_wait_stop; then
                        log_end_msg 1 || true
                fi
		if $APACHE2CTL start; then
			if check_htcacheclean ; then
				start_htcacheclean || log_end_msg 1
			fi
                        log_end_msg 0
                else
                        log_end_msg 1
                fi
	;;
	start-htcacheclean)
		log_daemon_msg "Starting htcacheclean"
		start_htcacheclean || log_end_msg 1
		log_end_msg 0
	;;
	stop-htcacheclean)
		log_daemon_msg "Stopping htcacheclean"
			stop_htcacheclean
			log_end_msg 0
	;;
	status)
		PID=$(pidof_apache) || true
		if [ -n "$PID" ]; then
			echo "Apache2$DIR_SUFFIX is running (pid $PID)."
			exit 0
		else
			echo "Apache2$DIR_SUFFIX is NOT running."
			if [ -e "$PIDFILE" ]; then
				exit 1
			else
				exit 3
			fi
		fi
	;;
	*)
		log_success_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/apache2$DIR_SUFFIX {start|stop|graceful-stop|restart|reload|force-reload|start-htcacheclean|stop-htcacheclean|status}"
		exit 1
	;;
esac

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