You might (or not if you don’t visit) notice all my websites were down. A rushed apt-get dist-upgrade and I found two problems:
- PHP5 got removed, which is bad if you run a wordpress site that uses PHP to run
- The apache configuration has changed.
Yes, the NEWS entries did warn me, if I read them fully. Yes, I didn’t read them enough.
Apache now ignores configuration files that don’t end in .conf To give a completely non-theoretical example, if you have your virtual hosts in files such as /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/enc.com.au then this will not be recognised and your sites will show the default “It works” page.
Stuff that doesn’t fall in the usual places where website stuff should go, which for my setup is a lot of things, will also be denied as the developers have tightened up the rules around what is permitted. Pretty simple to fix with a few <Directory blah> clauses.
This isn’t a criticism of the Debian apache developers. They do an awesome job of keeping the package workable, flexible but secure which isn’t easy. Now it’s all back working, I actually agree with the changes they have made. It is just that the latest changes are, well, tricky so be forewarned.
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- Switching From Apache MPM Prefork to Worker (doctorfox.wordpress.com)
- Apache MPM Worker and PHP-FPM on CentOS (garron.me)
