Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:43:00 +0100 From: Gareth Brown <gaz@gbmail.biz> To: John Almberg <jalmberg@identry.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reducing size of apache instances Message-ID: <4AA9F174.3060607@gbmail.biz> In-Reply-To: <4AA9BCF0.6040003@identry.com> References: <4AA9BCF0.6040003@identry.com>
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Here's a few you can disable:
mod_status, mod_info (both give extra unnecessary info about server)
and mod_include (allows include statements in html files). These
aren't recommended anyway unless you really need them as they create
some level of security concern.
mod_userdir is only needed if you are allowing users to have webpages
from home directories
mod_ssl, only if you're going to use ssl
mod_rewrite only if you will be rewriting webpage names to something
else
mod_auth_basic and mod_auth_digest only if you're going to add http
authentication to any of your webpages
John Almberg wrote:
My Apache 2.2 instances are running about 18 Meg each. I've been
thinking about doing something to trim these down, and I think
tomorrow is the day to take action. They are getting out of hand.
I've done a bit of research on this. I think the way to get started
is to eliminate unused modules. Problem is, I know which ones I
need, since I purposefully added them. I *don't* know which ones I
don't need, if you see what I mean, since I inherited them from the
default configuration.
I assume that some are critical to the basic operation of Apache. I
am hoping I can google a list of these tomorrow. Obviously these
I'll have to live with.
But what about the set that is left after I remove the ones the
system needs, and the ones I need? How do I know which ones I can
safely turn off? All I can think of is a trial and error process
(i.e., turn them off one by one and see if anything breaks.)
Is there a better way?
-- John
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