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+ <p>This document describes some of the major changes between the
+ 2.2 and 2.4 versions of the Apache HTTP Server. For new features since
+ version 2.0, see the <a href="new_features_2_2.html">2.2 new features</a>
+ document.</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="#core">Core Enhancements</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#newmods">New Modules</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#module">Module Enhancements</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#programs">Program Enhancements</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#documentation">Documentation</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#developer">Module Developer Changes</a></li>
+</ul><h3>See also</h3><ul class="seealso"><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="core" id="core">Core Enhancements</a></h2>
+
+ <dl>
+ <dt>Run-time Loadable MPMs</dt>
+ <dd>Multiple MPMs can now be <a href="mpm.html#dynamic">built
+ as loadable modules</a> at compile time.
+ The MPM of choice can be configured at run time via <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mod_so.html#loadmodule">LoadModule</a></code> directive.</dd>
+
+ <dt>Event MPM</dt>
+ <dd>The <a href="mod/event.html">Event MPM</a> is no longer experimental
+ but is now fully supported.</dd>
+
+ <dt>Asynchronous support</dt>
+ <dd>Better support for asynchronous read/write for supporting MPMs and
+ platforms.</dd>
+
+ <dt>Per-module and per-directory LogLevel configuration</dt>
+ <dd>The <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#loglevel">LogLevel</a></code> can now be
+ configured per module and per directory. New levels <code>trace1</code>
+ to <code>trace8</code> have been added above the <code>debug</code> log
+ level.</dd>
+
+ <dt>Per-request configuration sections</dt>
+ <dd><code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#if">&lt;If&gt;</a></code>,
+ <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#elseif">&lt;ElseIf&gt;</a></code>,
+ and <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#else">&lt;Else&gt;</a></code>
+ sections can be used to set the configuration based on per-request
+ criteria.</dd>
+
+ <dt>General-purpose expression parser</dt>
+ <dd>A new expression parser allows to specify
+ <a href="expr.html">complex conditions</a> using a common syntax
+ in directives like
+ <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mod_setenvif.html#setenvifexpr">SetEnvIfExpr</a></code>,
+ <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewritecond">RewriteCond</a></code>,
+ <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mod_headers.html#header">Header</a></code>,
+ <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#if">&lt;If&gt;</a></code>,
+ and others.
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt>KeepAliveTimeout in milliseconds</dt>
+ <dd>It is now possible to specify <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#keepalivetimeout">KeepAliveTimeout</a></code> in milliseconds.
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt>NameVirtualHost directive</dt>
+ <dd>No longer needed and is now deprecated.</dd>
+
+ <dt>Override Configuration</dt>
+ <dd>The new <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#allowoverridelist">AllowOverrideList</a></code>
+ directive allows more fine grained control which directives are
+ allowed in <code>.htaccess</code> files. </dd>
+
+ <dt>Config file variables</dt>
+ <dd>It is now possible to <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#define">Define</a></code>
+ variables in the configuration, allowing a clearer representation
+ if the same value is used at many places in the configuration.
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt>Reduced memory usage</dt>
+ <dd>Despite many new features, 2.4.x tends to use less memory than
+ 2.2.x.</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="newmods" id="newmods">New Modules</a></h2>
+
+ <dl>
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy_fcgi.html">mod_proxy_fcgi</a></code></dt>
+ <dd>FastCGI Protocol backend for <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code></dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy_scgi.html">mod_proxy_scgi</a></code></dt>
+ <dd>SCGI Protocol backend for <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code></dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy_express.html">mod_proxy_express</a></code></dt>
+ <dd>Provides dynamically configured mass reverse proxies for
+ <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code></dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_remoteip.html">mod_remoteip</a></code></dt>
+ <dd>Replaces the apparent client remote IP address and hostname for the request
+ with the IP address list presented by a proxies or a load balancer via
+ the request headers.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_heartmonitor.html">mod_heartmonitor</a></code>,
+ <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_lbmethod_heartbeat.html">mod_lbmethod_heartbeat</a></code></dt>
+ <dd>Allow <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy_balancer.html">mod_proxy_balancer</a></code> to base loadbalancing decisions
+ on the number of active connections on the backend servers.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy_html.html">mod_proxy_html</a></code></dt>
+ <dd>Formerly a third-party module, this supports fixing of HTML
+ links in a reverse proxy situation, where the backend generates
+ URLs that are not valid for the proxy's clients.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_sed.html">mod_sed</a></code></dt>
+ <dd>An advanced replacement of <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_substitute.html">mod_substitute</a></code>, allows
+ to edit the response body with the full power of sed.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_auth_form.html">mod_auth_form</a></code></dt>
+ <dd>Enables form-based authentication.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_session.html">mod_session</a></code></dt>
+ <dd>Enables the use of session state for clients, using cookie or
+ database storage.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_allowmethods.html">mod_allowmethods</a></code></dt>
+ <dd>New module to restrict certain HTTP methods without interfering with
+ authentication or authorization.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_lua.html">mod_lua</a></code></dt>
+ <dd>Embeds the <a href="http://www.lua.org/">Lua</a> language into httpd,
+ for configuration and small business logic functions. (Experimental)</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_log_debug.html">mod_log_debug</a></code></dt>
+ <dd>Allows the addition of customizable debug logging at different phases of the
+ request processing.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_buffer.html">mod_buffer</a></code></dt>
+ <dd>Provides for buffering the input and output filter stacks</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_data.html">mod_data</a></code></dt>
+ <dd>Convert response body into an RFC2397 data URL</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_ratelimit.html">mod_ratelimit</a></code></dt>
+ <dd>Provides Bandwidth Rate Limiting for Clients</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_request.html">mod_request</a></code></dt>
+ <dd>Provides Filters to handle and make available HTTP request bodies</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_reflector.html">mod_reflector</a></code></dt>
+ <dd>Provides Reflection of a request body as a response via the output filter stack.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_slotmem_shm.html">mod_slotmem_shm</a></code></dt>
+ <dd>Provides a Slot-based shared memory provider (ala the scoreboard).</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_xml2enc.html">mod_xml2enc</a></code></dt>
+ <dd>Formerly a third-party module, this supports internationalisation
+ in libxml2-based (markup-aware) filter modules.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_macro.html">mod_macro</a></code> (available since 2.4.5)</dt>
+ <dd>Provide macros within configuration files.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy_wstunnel.html">mod_proxy_wstunnel</a></code> (available since 2.4.5)</dt>
+ <dd>Support web-socket tunnels.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_authnz_fcgi.html">mod_authnz_fcgi</a></code> (available since 2.4.10)</dt>
+ <dd>Enable FastCGI authorizer applications to authenticate and/or
+ authorize clients.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_http2.html">mod_http2</a></code> (available since 2.4.17)</dt>
+ <dd>Support for the HTTP/2 transport layer.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy_http2.html">mod_proxy_http2</a></code> (available since 2.4.19)</dt>
+ <dd>HTTP/2 Protocol backend for <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code></dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy_hcheck.html">mod_proxy_hcheck</a></code> (available since 2.4.21)</dt>
+ <dd>Support independent dynamic health checks for remote proxiy backend servers.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_brotli.html">mod_brotli</a></code> (available since 2.4.26)</dt>
+ <dd>Support the Brotli compression algorithm.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_md.html">mod_md</a></code> (available since 2.4.30)</dt>
+ <dd>Support the ACME protocol to automate certificate provisionning.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy_uwsgi.html">mod_proxy_uwsgi</a></code> (available since 2.4.30)</dt>
+ <dd>UWSGI gateway module for <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code>.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_socache_redis.html">mod_socache_redis</a></code> (available since 2.4.39)</dt>
+ <dd>Support <a href="http://redis.io/">Redis</a> based shared object cache provider.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_systemd.html">mod_systemd</a></code> (available since 2.4.42)</dt>
+ <dd>systemd integration. It allows httpd to be used in a service with the systemd
+ <code>Type=notify</code>.</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="module" id="module">Module Enhancements</a></h2>
+
+ <dl>
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code></dt>
+
+ <dd><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code> can now be configured to use an
+ OCSP server to check the validation status of a client
+ certificate. The default responder is configurable, along with
+ the decision on whether to prefer the responder designated in
+ the client certificate itself.</dd>
+
+ <dd><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code> now also supports OCSP stapling, where the
+ server pro-actively obtains an OCSP verification of its certificate and
+ transmits that to the client during the handshake. </dd>
+
+ <dd><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code> can now be configured to share SSL Session
+ data between servers through memcached</dd>
+
+ <dd>EC keys are now supported in addition to RSA and DSA.</dd>
+
+ <dd>Support for TLS-SRP (available in 2.4.4 and later).</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code></dt>
+
+ <dd>The <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy.html#proxypass">ProxyPass</a></code> directive
+ is now most optimally configured within a
+ <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#location">Location</a></code> or
+ <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#locationmatch">LocationMatch</a></code>
+ block, and offers a significant performance advantage over the traditional
+ two-parameter syntax when present in large numbers.</dd>
+ <dd>The source address used for proxy requests is now configurable.</dd>
+ <dd>Support for Unix domain sockets to the backend (available in 2.4.7
+ and later).</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy_balancer.html">mod_proxy_balancer</a></code></dt>
+
+ <dd>More runtime configuration changes for BalancerMembers via balancer-manager</dd>
+
+ <dd>Additional BalancerMembers can be added at runtime via balancer-manager</dd>
+
+ <dd>Runtime configuration of a subset of Balancer parameters</dd>
+
+ <dd>BalancerMembers can be set to 'Drain' so that they only respond to existing sticky
+ sessions, allowing them to be taken gracefully offline.</dd>
+
+ <dd>Balancer settings can be persistent after restarts.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_cache.html">mod_cache</a></code></dt>
+
+ <dd>The <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_cache.html">mod_cache</a></code> CACHE filter can be optionally inserted
+ at a given point in the filter chain to provide fine control over caching.
+ </dd>
+
+ <dd><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_cache.html">mod_cache</a></code> can now cache HEAD requests.</dd>
+
+ <dd>Where possible, <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_cache.html">mod_cache</a></code> directives can now be set
+ per directory, instead of per server.</dd>
+
+ <dd>The base URL of cached URLs can be customised, so that a cluster of
+ caches can share the same endpoint URL prefix.</dd>
+
+ <dd><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_cache.html">mod_cache</a></code> is now capable of serving stale cached
+ data when a backend is unavailable (error 5xx).</dd>
+
+ <dd><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_cache.html">mod_cache</a></code> can now insert HIT/MISS/REVALIDATE into
+ an X-Cache header.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_include.html">mod_include</a></code></dt>
+ <dd>Support for the 'onerror' attribute within an 'include' element,
+ allowing an error document to be served on error instead of the default
+ error string.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_cgi.html">mod_cgi</a></code>, <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_include.html">mod_include</a></code>,
+ <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_isapi.html">mod_isapi</a></code>, ...</dt>
+ <dd>Translation of headers to environment variables is more strict than
+ before to mitigate some possible cross-site-scripting attacks via header
+ injection. Header names containing invalid characters (including underscores)
+ are no longer converted to environment variables. <a href="env.html">Environment Variables
+ in Apache</a> has some pointers on how to work around broken legacy
+ clients which require such headers. (This affects all modules which
+ use these environment variables.)</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_authz_core.html">mod_authz_core</a></code> Authorization Logic Containers</dt>
+
+ <dd>Advanced authorization logic may now be specified using the
+ <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mod_authz_core.html#require">Require</a></code> directive
+ and the related container directives, such as
+ <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mod_authz_core.html#requireall">&lt;RequireAll&gt;</a></code>.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code></dt>
+ <dd><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> adds the <code>[QSD]</code>
+ (Query String Discard) and <code>[END]</code> flags for
+ <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewriterule">RewriteRule</a></code> to
+ simplify common rewriting scenarios.</dd>
+ <dd>Adds the possibility to use complex boolean expressions in <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewritecond">RewriteCond</a></code>.</dd>
+ <dd>Allows the use of SQL queries as <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewritemap">RewriteMap</a></code> functions.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_ldap.html">mod_ldap</a></code>, <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_authnz_ldap.html">mod_authnz_ldap</a></code></dt>
+ <dd><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_authnz_ldap.html">mod_authnz_ldap</a></code> adds support for nested groups.</dd>
+ <dd><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_ldap.html">mod_ldap</a></code> adds
+ <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mod_ldap.html#ldapconnectionpoolttl">LDAPConnectionPoolTTL</a></code>,
+ <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mod_ldap.html#ldaptimeout">LDAPTimeout</a></code>, and
+ other improvements in the handling of timeouts.
+ This is especially useful for setups where a
+ stateful firewall drops idle connections to the LDAP server.</dd>
+ <dd><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_ldap.html">mod_ldap</a></code> adds
+ <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mod_ldap.html#ldaplibrarydebug">LDAPLibraryDebug</a></code> to log
+ debug information provided by the used LDAP toolkit.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_info.html">mod_info</a></code></dt>
+ <dd><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_info.html">mod_info</a></code> can now dump the pre-parsed configuration
+ to stdout during server startup.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_auth_basic.html">mod_auth_basic</a></code></dt>
+ <dd>New generic mechanism to fake basic authentication (available in
+ 2.4.5 and later).</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="programs" id="programs">Program Enhancements</a></h2>
+
+ <dl>
+ <dt><code class="program"><a href="./programs/fcgistarter.html">fcgistarter</a></code></dt>
+ <dd>New FastCGI daemon starter utility</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="program"><a href="./programs/htcacheclean.html">htcacheclean</a></code></dt>
+ <dd>Current cached URLs can now be listed, with optional metadata
+ included.</dd>
+ <dd>Allow explicit deletion of individual cached URLs from the
+ cache.</dd>
+ <dd>File sizes can now be rounded up to the given block size, making
+ the size limits map more closely to the real size on disk.</dd>
+ <dd>Cache size can now be limited by the number of inodes, instead
+ of or in addition to being limited by the size of the files on
+ disk.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="program"><a href="./programs/rotatelogs.html">rotatelogs</a></code></dt>
+ <dd>May now create a link to the current log file.</dd>
+ <dd>May now invoke a custom post-rotate script.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code class="program"><a href="./programs/htpasswd.html">htpasswd</a></code>, <code class="program"><a href="./programs/htdbm.html">htdbm</a></code></dt>
+ <dd>Support for the bcrypt algorithm (available in 2.4.4 and later).
+ </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="documentation" id="documentation">Documentation</a></h2>
+
+ <dl>
+ <dt>mod_rewrite</dt>
+ <dd>The <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> documentation has been
+ rearranged and almost completely rewritten, with a focus on
+ examples and common usage, as well as on showing you when other
+ solutions are more appropriate. The <a href="rewrite/">Rewrite
+ Guide</a> is now a top-level section with much more detail and
+ better organization.</dd>
+
+ <dt>mod_ssl</dt>
+ <dd>The <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code> documentation has been greatly
+ enhanced, with more examples at the getting started level, in
+ addition to the previous focus on technical details.</dd>
+
+ <dt>Caching Guide</dt>
+ <dd>The <a href="caching.html">Caching Guide</a> has been rewritten
+ to properly distinguish between the RFC2616 HTTP/1.1 caching
+ features provided by <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_cache.html">mod_cache</a></code>, and the generic
+ key/value caching provided by the <a href="socache.html">socache</a>
+ interface, as well as to cover specialised caching provided by
+ mechanisms such as <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_file_cache.html">mod_file_cache</a></code>.</dd>
+
+ </dl>
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+<h2><a name="developer" id="developer">Module Developer Changes</a></h2>
+
+ <dl>
+ <dt>Check Configuration Hook Added</dt>
+
+ <dd>A new hook, <code>check_config</code>, has been added which runs
+ between the <code>pre_config</code> and <code>open_logs</code>
+ hooks. It also runs before the <code>test_config</code> hook
+ when the <code>-t</code> option is passed to
+ <code class="program"><a href="./programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code>. The <code>check_config</code> hook
+ allows modules to review interdependent configuration directive
+ values and adjust them while messages can still be logged to the
+ console. The user can thus be alerted to misconfiguration problems
+ before the core <code>open_logs</code> hook function redirects
+ console output to the error log.</dd>
+
+ <dt>Expression Parser Added</dt>
+
+ <dd>We now have a general-purpose expression parser, whose API is
+ exposed in <var>ap_expr.h</var>. This is adapted from the
+ expression parser previously implemented in
+ <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code>.</dd>
+
+ <dt>Authorization Logic Containers</dt>
+
+ <dd>Authorization modules now register as a provider, via
+ ap_register_auth_provider(), to support advanced authorization logic,
+ such as <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mod_authz_core.html#requireall">&lt;RequireAll&gt;</a></code>.</dd>
+
+ <dt>Small-Object Caching Interface</dt>
+
+ <dd>The <var>ap_socache.h</var> header exposes a provider-based
+ interface for caching small data objects, based on the previous
+ implementation of the <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code> session cache.
+ Providers using a shared-memory cyclic buffer, disk-based dbm
+ files, and a memcache distributed cache are currently
+ supported.</dd>
+
+ <dt>Cache Status Hook Added</dt>
+
+ <dd>The <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_cache.html">mod_cache</a></code> module now includes a new
+ <code>cache_status</code> hook, which is called when the caching
+ decision becomes known. A default implementation is provided
+ which adds an optional <code>X-Cache</code> and
+ <code>X-Cache-Detail</code> header to the response.</dd>
+ </dl>
+
+ <p>The developer documentation contains a
+ <a href="developer/new_api_2_4.html">detailed list of API changes</a>.</p>
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