Re: [distcache-users] How-to for distcache + Apache

[Geoff T. <ge...@ge...>]

Hi Matt,

On May 23, 2005 08:58 pm, Matt Bostock :: RetroWeb.net wrote:
> Is there a how-to or guide that demonstrates step-by-step how to use
> distcache with Apache? I'm using Apache 1.33 and FreeBSD 5.3.

Sure, if you go to the distcache download page (see www.distcache.org) you 
can grab the "support-apache1.3-modssl" package which contains an 
explanatory README and a patch to mod_ssl. The "distcache" package itself 
provides the underlying libraries and tools this depends on, and also has 
reasonable information in the README. The support-apache1.3-modssl 
package hooks into mod_ssl 2.8.16, which in turn should hook into any 
appropriate 1.* apache release. Hmm, just noticed that modssl is now up 
to 2.8.22, and 2.8.16 was only known to work with apache 1.3.29 ... 
damn. :-( The hooks are extremely minor and so the 2.8.16 patch may very 
well just patch into newer mod_ssl's without change, especially 
considering mod_ssl has been in purely maintenance mode since it got 
moved to apache2. But if the patch needs updating, please let us know; if 
you succeed in fixing it yourself we'd love a copy :-), otherwise we'll 
know that one of us has to go in and update things when we find time.

If you're not using mod_ssl (eg. if you're using Ben Laurie's module), 
then you'd need to ask someone to hook it up. distcache exposes a pretty 
straightforward API and openssl has a pretty straightforward way to plug 
in session caching callbacks.

Cheers,
Geoff

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