1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
347
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
|
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" />
<!--
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
This file is generated from xml source: DO NOT EDIT
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
-->
<title>apxs - APache eXtenSion tool - Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4</title>
<link href="../style/css/manual.css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="Main stylesheet" />
<link href="../style/css/manual-loose-100pc.css" rel="alternate stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="No Sidebar - Default font size" />
<link href="../style/css/manual-print.css" rel="stylesheet" media="print" type="text/css" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../style/css/prettify.css" />
<script src="../style/scripts/prettify.min.js" type="text/javascript">
</script>
<link href="../images/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" /></head>
<body id="manual-page"><div id="page-header">
<p class="menu"><a href="../mod/">Modules</a> | <a href="../mod/directives.html">Directives</a> | <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/FAQ">FAQ</a> | <a href="../glossary.html">Glossary</a> | <a href="../sitemap.html">Sitemap</a></p>
<p class="apache">Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4</p>
<img alt="" src="../images/feather.png" /></div>
<div class="up"><a href="./"><img title="<-" alt="<-" src="../images/left.gif" /></a></div>
<div id="path">
<a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">HTTP Server</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/">Documentation</a> > <a href="../">Version 2.4</a> > <a href="./">Programs</a></div><div id="page-content"><div id="preamble"><h1>apxs - APache eXtenSion tool</h1>
<div class="toplang">
<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/programs/apxs.html" title="English"> en </a> |
<a href="../fr/programs/apxs.html" hreflang="fr" rel="alternate" title="Français"> fr </a> |
<a href="../ko/programs/apxs.html" hreflang="ko" rel="alternate" title="Korean"> ko </a> |
<a href="../tr/programs/apxs.html" hreflang="tr" rel="alternate" title="Türkçe"> tr </a></p>
</div>
<p><code>apxs</code> is a tool for building and installing extension
modules for the Apache HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server. This is
achieved by building a dynamic shared object (DSO) from one or more source
or object <var>files</var> which then can be loaded into the Apache server
under runtime via the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_so.html#loadmodule">LoadModule</a></code>
directive from <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_so.html">mod_so</a></code>.</p>
<p>So to use this extension mechanism your platform has to support the DSO
feature and your Apache <code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> binary has to be built with the
<code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_so.html">mod_so</a></code> module. The <code>apxs</code> tool automatically
complains if this is not the case. You can check this yourself by manually
running the command</p>
<div class="example"><p><code>
$ httpd -l
</code></p></div>
<p>The module <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_so.html">mod_so</a></code> should be part of the displayed list.
If these requirements are fulfilled you can easily extend your Apache
server's functionality by installing your own modules with the DSO mechanism
by the help of this <code>apxs</code> tool:</p>
<div class="example"><p><code>
$ apxs -i -a -c mod_foo.c<br />
gcc -fpic -DSHARED_MODULE -I/path/to/apache/include -c mod_foo.c<br />
ld -Bshareable -o mod_foo.so mod_foo.o<br />
cp mod_foo.so /path/to/apache/modules/mod_foo.so<br />
chmod 755 /path/to/apache/modules/mod_foo.so<br />
[activating module `foo' in /path/to/apache/etc/httpd.conf]<br />
$ apachectl restart<br />
/path/to/apache/sbin/apachectl restart: httpd not running, trying to start<br />
[Tue Mar 31 11:27:55 1998] [debug] mod_so.c(303): loaded module foo_module<br />
/path/to/apache/sbin/apachectl restart: httpd started<br />
$ _
</code></p></div>
<p>The arguments <var>files</var> can be any C source file (.c), a object
file (.o) or even a library archive (.a). The <code>apxs</code> tool
automatically recognizes these extensions and automatically used the C
source files for compilation while just using the object and archive files
for the linking phase. But when using such pre-compiled objects make sure
they are compiled for position independent code (PIC) to be able to use them
for a dynamically loaded shared object. For instance with GCC you always
just have to use <code>-fpic</code>. For other C compilers consult its
manual page or at watch for the flags <code>apxs</code> uses to compile the
object files.</p>
<p>For more details about DSO support in Apache read the documentation of
<code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_so.html">mod_so</a></code> or perhaps even read the
<code>src/modules/standard/mod_so.c</code> source file.</p>
</div>
<div id="quickview"><a href="https://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html" class="badge"><img src="https://www.apache.org/images/SupportApache-small.png" alt="Support Apache!" /></a><ul id="toc"><li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#synopsis">Synopsis</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#options">Options</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#examples">Examples</a></li>
</ul><h3>See also</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><code class="program"><a href="../programs/apachectl.html">apachectl</a></code></li><li><code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code></li><li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div>
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
<div class="section">
<h2><a name="synopsis" id="synopsis">Synopsis</a></h2>
<p><code><strong>apxs</strong> -<strong>g</strong>
[ -<strong>S</strong> <var>name</var>=<var>value</var> ]
-<strong>n</strong> <var>modname</var></code></p>
<p><code><strong>apxs</strong> -<strong>q</strong>
[ -<strong>v</strong> ]
[ -<strong>S</strong> <var>name</var>=<var>value</var> ]
<var>query</var> ...</code></p>
<p><code><strong>apxs</strong> -<strong>c</strong>
[ -<strong>S</strong> <var>name</var>=<var>value</var> ]
[ -<strong>o</strong> <var>dsofile</var> ]
[ -<strong>I</strong> <var>incdir</var> ]
[ -<strong>D</strong> <var>name</var>=<var>value</var> ]
[ -<strong>L</strong> <var>libdir</var> ]
[ -<strong>l</strong> <var>libname</var> ]
[ -<strong>Wc,</strong><var>compiler-flags</var> ]
[ -<strong>Wl,</strong><var>linker-flags</var> ]
<var>files</var> ...</code></p>
<p><code><strong>apxs</strong> -<strong>i</strong>
[ -<strong>S</strong> <var>name</var>=<var>value</var> ]
[ -<strong>n</strong> <var>modname</var> ]
[ -<strong>a</strong> ]
[ -<strong>A</strong> ]
<var>dso-file</var> ...</code></p>
<p><code><strong>apxs</strong> -<strong>e</strong>
[ -<strong>S</strong> <var>name</var>=<var>value</var> ]
[ -<strong>n</strong> <var>modname</var> ]
[ -<strong>a</strong> ]
[ -<strong>A</strong> ]
<var>dso-file</var> ...</code></p>
</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
<div class="section">
<h2><a name="options" id="options">Options</a></h2>
<h3><a name="options.common" id="options.common">Common Options</a></h3>
<dl>
<dt><code>-n <var>modname</var></code></dt>
<dd>This explicitly sets the module name for the <code>-i</code> (install)
and <code>-g</code> (template generation) option. Use this to explicitly
specify the module name. For option <code>-g</code> this is required, for
option <code>-i</code> the <code>apxs</code> tool tries to determine the
name from the source or (as a fallback) at least by guessing it from the
filename.</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a name="options.query" id="options.query">Query Options</a></h3>
<dl>
<dt><code>-q</code></dt>
<dd>Performs a query for variables and environment settings used to
build <code>httpd</code>. When invoked without <var>query</var> parameters,
it prints all known variables and their values. The optional <code>-v</code>
parameter formats the list output.
<p>Use this to manually determine settings used to build the
<code>httpd</code> that will load your module. For instance use</p>
<div class="example"><p><code>
INC=-I`apxs -q INCLUDEDIR`
</code></p></div>
<p>inside your own Makefiles if you need manual access to Apache's C
header files.</p></dd>
</dl>
<h3><a name="options.conf" id="options.conf">Configuration Options</a></h3>
<dl>
<dt><code>-S <var>name</var>=<var>value</var></code></dt>
<dd>This option changes the apxs settings described above.</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a name="options.template" id="options.template">Template Generation Options</a></h3>
<dl>
<dt><code>-g</code></dt>
<dd>This generates a subdirectory <var>name</var> (see option
<code>-n</code>) and there two files: A sample module source file named
<code>mod_<var>name</var>.c</code> which can be used as a template for
creating your own modules or as a quick start for playing with the
apxs mechanism. And a corresponding <code>Makefile</code> for even easier
build and installing of this module.</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a name="options.dso" id="options.dso">DSO Compilation Options</a></h3>
<dl>
<dt><code>-c</code></dt>
<dd>This indicates the compilation operation. It first compiles the C
source files (.c) of <var>files</var> into corresponding object files (.o)
and then builds a dynamically shared object in <var>dsofile</var> by
linking these object files plus the remaining object files (.o and .a) of
<var>files</var>. If no <code>-o</code> option is specified the output
file is guessed from the first filename in <var>files</var> and thus
usually defaults to <code>mod_<var>name</var>.so</code>.</dd>
<dt><code>-o <var>dsofile</var></code></dt>
<dd>Explicitly specifies the filename of the created dynamically shared
object. If not specified and the name cannot be guessed from the
<var>files</var> list, the fallback name <code>mod_unknown.so</code> is
used.</dd>
<dt><code>-D <var>name</var>=<var>value</var></code></dt>
<dd>This option is directly passed through to the compilation command(s).
Use this to add your own defines to the build process.</dd>
<dt><code>-I <var>incdir</var></code></dt>
<dd>This option is directly passed through to the compilation command(s).
Use this to add your own include directories to search to the build
process.</dd>
<dt><code>-L <var>libdir</var></code></dt>
<dd>This option is directly passed through to the linker command. Use this
to add your own library directories to search to the build process.</dd>
<dt><code>-l <var>libname</var></code></dt>
<dd>This option is directly passed through to the linker command. Use this
to add your own libraries to search to the build process.</dd>
<dt><code>-Wc,<var>compiler-flags</var></code></dt>
<dd>This option passes <var>compiler-flags</var> as additional flags to
the <code>libtool --mode=compile</code> command. Use this to add local
compiler-specific options.</dd>
<dt><code>-Wl,<var>linker-flags</var></code></dt>
<dd>This option passes <var>linker-flags</var> as additional
flags to the <code>libtool --mode=link</code> command. Use this
to add local linker-specific options.</dd>
<dt><code>-p</code></dt>
<dd>This option causes apxs to link against the apr/apr-util libraries.
This is useful when compiling helper programs that use the apr/apr-util
libraries.</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a name="options.dsoinstall" id="options.dsoinstall">DSO Installation and Configuration Options</a></h3>
<dl>
<dt><code>-i</code></dt>
<dd>This indicates the installation operation and installs one or more
dynamically shared objects into the server's <var>modules</var>
directory.</dd>
<dt><code>-a</code></dt>
<dd>This activates the module by automatically adding a corresponding
<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_so.html#loadmodule">LoadModule</a></code> line to Apache's
<code>httpd.conf</code> configuration file, or by enabling it if it
already exists.</dd>
<dt><code>-A</code></dt>
<dd>Same as option <code>-a</code> but the created <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_so.html#loadmodule">LoadModule</a></code> directive is prefixed with a hash
sign (<code>#</code>), <em>i.e.</em>, the module is just prepared for
later activation but initially disabled.</dd>
<dt><code>-e</code></dt>
<dd>This indicates the editing operation, which can be used with the
<code>-a</code> and <code>-A</code> options similarly to the
<code>-i</code> operation to edit Apache's <code>httpd.conf</code>
configuration file without attempting to install the module.</dd>
</dl>
</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
<div class="section">
<h2><a name="examples" id="examples">Examples</a></h2>
<p>Assume you have an Apache module named <code>mod_foo.c</code> available
which should extend Apache's server functionality. To accomplish this you
first have to compile the C source into a shared object suitable for loading
into the Apache server under runtime via the following command:</p>
<div class="example"><p><code>
$ apxs -c mod_foo.c<br />
/path/to/libtool --mode=compile gcc ... -c mod_foo.c<br />
/path/to/libtool --mode=link gcc ... -o mod_foo.la mod_foo.slo<br />
$ _
</code></p></div>
<p>Then you have to update the Apache configuration by making sure a
<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_so.html#loadmodule">LoadModule</a></code> directive is present to
load this shared object. To simplify this step <code>apxs</code> provides
an automatic way to install the shared object in its "modules" directory
and updating the <code>httpd.conf</code> file accordingly. This can be
achieved by running:</p>
<div class="example"><p><code>
$ apxs -i -a mod_foo.la<br />
/path/to/instdso.sh mod_foo.la /path/to/apache/modules<br />
/path/to/libtool --mode=install cp mod_foo.la /path/to/apache/modules
...
chmod 755 /path/to/apache/modules/mod_foo.so<br />
[activating module `foo' in /path/to/apache/conf/httpd.conf]<br />
$ _
</code></p></div>
<p>This way a line named</p>
<div class="example"><p><code>
LoadModule foo_module modules/mod_foo.so
</code></p></div>
<p>is added to the configuration file if still not present. If you want to
have this disabled per default use the <code>-A</code> option,
<em>i.e.</em></p>
<div class="example"><p><code>
$ apxs -i -A mod_foo.c
</code></p></div>
<p>For a quick test of the apxs mechanism you can create a sample Apache
module template plus a corresponding Makefile via:</p>
<div class="example"><p><code>
$ apxs -g -n foo<br />
Creating [DIR] foo<br />
Creating [FILE] foo/Makefile<br />
Creating [FILE] foo/modules.mk<br />
Creating [FILE] foo/mod_foo.c<br />
Creating [FILE] foo/.deps<br />
$ _
</code></p></div>
<p>Then you can immediately compile this sample module into a shared object
and load it into the Apache server:</p>
<div class="example"><p><code>
$ cd foo<br />
$ make all reload<br />
apxs -c mod_foo.c<br />
/path/to/libtool --mode=compile gcc ... -c mod_foo.c<br />
/path/to/libtool --mode=link gcc ... -o mod_foo.la mod_foo.slo<br />
apxs -i -a -n "foo" mod_foo.la<br />
/path/to/instdso.sh mod_foo.la /path/to/apache/modules<br />
/path/to/libtool --mode=install cp mod_foo.la /path/to/apache/modules
...
chmod 755 /path/to/apache/modules/mod_foo.so<br />
[activating module `foo' in /path/to/apache/conf/httpd.conf]<br />
apachectl restart<br />
/path/to/apache/sbin/apachectl restart: httpd not running, trying to start<br />
[Tue Mar 31 11:27:55 1998] [debug] mod_so.c(303): loaded module foo_module<br />
/path/to/apache/sbin/apachectl restart: httpd started<br />
$ _
</code></p></div>
</div></div>
<div class="bottomlang">
<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/programs/apxs.html" title="English"> en </a> |
<a href="../fr/programs/apxs.html" hreflang="fr" rel="alternate" title="Français"> fr </a> |
<a href="../ko/programs/apxs.html" hreflang="ko" rel="alternate" title="Korean"> ko </a> |
<a href="../tr/programs/apxs.html" hreflang="tr" rel="alternate" title="Türkçe"> tr </a></p>
</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img src="../images/up.gif" alt="top" /></a></div><div class="section"><h2><a id="comments_section" name="comments_section">Comments</a></h2><div class="warning"><strong>Notice:</strong><br />This is not a Q&A section. Comments placed here should be pointed towards suggestions on improving the documentation or server, and may be removed by our moderators if they are either implemented or considered invalid/off-topic. Questions on how to manage the Apache HTTP Server should be directed at either our IRC channel, #httpd, on Libera.chat, or sent to our <a href="https://httpd.apache.org/lists.html">mailing lists</a>.</div>
<script type="text/javascript"><!--//--><![CDATA[//><!--
var comments_shortname = 'httpd';
var comments_identifier = 'http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/programs/apxs.html';
(function(w, d) {
if (w.location.hostname.toLowerCase() == "httpd.apache.org") {
d.write('<div id="comments_thread"><\/div>');
var s = d.createElement('script');
s.type = 'text/javascript';
s.async = true;
s.src = 'https://comments.apache.org/show_comments.lua?site=' + comments_shortname + '&page=' + comments_identifier;
(d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || d.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(s);
}
else {
d.write('<div id="comments_thread">Comments are disabled for this page at the moment.<\/div>');
}
})(window, document);
//--><!]]></script></div><div id="footer">
<p class="apache">Copyright 2023 The Apache Software Foundation.<br />Licensed under the <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">Apache License, Version 2.0</a>.</p>
<p class="menu"><a href="../mod/">Modules</a> | <a href="../mod/directives.html">Directives</a> | <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/FAQ">FAQ</a> | <a href="../glossary.html">Glossary</a> | <a href="../sitemap.html">Sitemap</a></p></div><script type="text/javascript"><!--//--><![CDATA[//><!--
if (typeof(prettyPrint) !== 'undefined') {
prettyPrint();
}
//--><!]]></script>
</body></html>
|
