MCNi Wiki : BandsX httpd Configuration

These are instructions for how to configure the HTTPD service on a Bombplates band site hosting server.

See also: Creating a Band Site Hosting Server

Install some modules

# yum install mod_ssl

edit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Make sure it includes (at the end)

#individual site rewrite rules
RewriteEngine On

And (with the other module loads)

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
LoadModule filter_module modules/mod_filter.so

In the <Directory "/var/www/html"> block

AllowOverride All

Update any instances of MaxRequestsPerChild to prevent memory leaks.

MaxRequestsPerChild 4096

Enable virtual hosts on port 80 by uncommenting out (or inserting)

NameVirtualHost *:80

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
  <IfModule mod_setenvif.c>
    <IfModule mod_headers.c>
      SetEnvIfNoCase ^(Accept-EncodXng|X-cept-Encoding|X{15}|~{15}|-{15})$ ^((gzip|deflate)\s*,?\s*)+|[X~-]{4,13}$ HAVE_Accept-Encoding
      RequestHeader append Accept-Encoding "gzip,deflate" env=HAVE_Accept-Encoding
    </IfModule>
  </IfModule>
  <IfModule mod_filter.c>
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE "application/atom+xml" \
      "application/javascript" \
      "application/json" \
      "application/ld+json" \
      "application/manifest+json" \
      "application/rdf+xml" \
      "application/rss+xml" \
      "application/schema+json" \
      "application/vnd.geo+json" \
      "application/vnd.ms-fontobject" \
      "application/x-font-ttf" \
      "application/x-javascript" \
      "application/x-web-app-manifest+json" \
      "application/xhtml+xml" \
      "application/xml" \
      "font/eot" \
      "font/opentype" \
      "image/bmp" \
      "image/svg+xml" \
      "image/vnd.microsoft.icon" \
      "image/x-icon" \
      "text/cache-manifest" \
      "text/css" \
      "text/html" \
      "text/javascript" \
      "text/plain" \
      "text/vcard" \
      "text/vnd.rim.location.xloc" \
      "text/vtt" \
      "text/x-component" \
      "text/x-cross-domain-policy" \
      "text/xml"
  </IfModule>
  <IfModule mod_mime.c>
    AddEncoding gzip svgz
  </IfModule>
</IfModule>

# /etc/init.d/httpd restart
# /sbin/chkconfig httpd on