Adding a2md to httpd sources?

[Rainer Jung <ra...@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?

Thanks and regards,

Rainer

Re: Adding a2md to httpd sources?

[Stefan Eissing <st...@eissing.org>]

> Am 07.04.2022 um 13:04 schrieb Rainer Jung <ra...@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