Suse Apache and PHP Configuration
Configuring Apache with SSL and PHP on Suse Linux
There are some slight differences on configuring PHP and Apache on Suse.
Firstly of course you need to have installed the proper packages. At a minimum:
Callandor:/etc # rpm -qa | grep php php5-5.2.9-0.1.1 apache2-mod_php5-5.2.9-0.1.1 php5-mysql-5.2.9-0.1.1 Callandor:/etc # rpm -qa | grep apache apache2-2.2.10-2.5 apache2-utils-2.2.10-2.5 apache2-mod_php5-5.2.9-0.1.1 apache2-prefork-2.2.10-2.5
In Suse, the Apache modules to load are specified differently than in some other distros;
Note: You can now simply use a2enflag and a2enmod to enable modules in /etc/sysconfig/apache2
a2enmod ssl a2enflag SSL a2enmod php5
Verify modules in /etc/sysconfig/apache2
Callandor:/etc/apache2 # cat /etc/sysconfig/apache2 | grep APACHE_MODULES APACHE_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_file authz_host authz_groupfile authz_default authz_user authn_dbm autoindex cgi dir env expires include log_config mime negotiation setenvif ssl suexec userdir php5"
Create a dummy SSL cert (Or create a self signed cert in the command line or via yast2-ca-management, and documentation here which is helpful for this):
/usr/bin/gensslcert
Now, create an SSL vhost.conf from the provided vhost-ssl.template
cd /etc/apache2/vhosts.d cp vhost-ssl.template ssl.conf service apache2 restart
Verify the PHP module is loaded:
Callandor:/etc/apache2 # apache2ctl -M
<output omitted> php5_module (shared)
Verify SSL is working https://localhost
Also, the User and Group Apache runs as (normally set in httpd.conf) are in a separate file as well:
Callandor:/etc/apache2 # cat uid.conf User wwwrun Group www
Reference Sites
Some good sites on Suse configurations, and for Apache and PHP in general:
http://opensuse.swerdna.org/suseapache.html
For more info on vhosts and SNI in Suse see:
For an example of using the yast2-http-server GUI method for Apache and vhost config see this site. NOTE: Using this will tend to destroy any manual configs you have made!
