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List:       apache-httpd-dev
Subject:    Re: Adding a2md to httpd sources?
From:       Stefan Eissing <stefan () eissing ! org>
Date:       2022-04-08 10:42:27
Message-ID: 46A978C4-0E82-4B8C-B8C1-1F1186BDC703 () eissing ! org
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> Am 08.04.2022 um 12:01 schrieb Rainer Jung <rainer.jung@kippdata.de>:
> 
> Thanks for all feedback. So no need to integrate.
> 
> Note that the 2.4.x pytest suite still makes heavy use of it when testing mod_md.

Yes, I think I should clean those up to avoid confusion for anyone reading it. But \
who expects other people to read their test code, you know? ;)

> 
> Thanks and regards,
> 
> Rainer
> 
> Am 08.04.2022 um 10:24 schrieb Steffen:
> > 
> > Agree no need for it anymore.
> > Ps.
> > You wrote:
> > I have not yet heard any questions or feedback from anyone about it….If I \
> > remember correctly, no one was around to make the cmake and Windows builds for \
> > it. I had given feedback and was able to build it on windows in 2017. In the \
> > beginning some crashes, but Stefan solved.
> > > Op 8 apr. 2022 om 09:14 heeft Stefan Eissing <stefan@eissing.org> het volgende \
> > > geschreven: 
> > > 
> > > > Am 07.04.2022 um 13:04 schrieb Rainer Jung <rainer.jung@kippdata.de>:
> > > > 
> > > > Hi there,
> > > > 
> > > > during my experiments with the nice pytest based test suite against 2.4.x I \
> > > > noticed, that many mod_md tests need "a2md". The sources for this commandline \
> > > > tool ar in Stefan's GitHub repos for mod_md, but not inside the httpd 2.4.x \
> > > > source tree. 
> > > > I have not really checked, what a2md exactly does, but was wondering, how \
> > > > much sense it would make to add it to 2.4.x as another support binary? 
> > > > From the man page:
> > > > 
> > > > The a2md utility can be used to configure and update managed domains with the \
> > > > mod_md module for Apache HTTP Server. Managed Domains are virtual hosts which \
> > > > automatically obtain and renew TLS certificates from an ACME server. 
> > > > Is it ready for prime time? Would it interact with a custom build of httpd \
> > > > (layout might differ from distros)? What's the expectation?
> > > 
> > > Some distros, who package from the github repro, seem to include a2md, but I \
> > > have not yet heard any questions or feedback from anyone about it. We excluded \
> > > it in the httpd build as, if I remember correctly, no one was around to make \
> > > the cmake and Windows builds for it. 
> > > Looking back, I do not see the need to a2md any longer. All can and should be \
> > > configured in httpd's config files and information readout is available via the \
> > > common status handlers and mod_md's own JSON status handler. 
> > > Kind Regards,
> > > Stefan
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks and regards,
> > > > 
> > > > Rainer


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