Bug 478454

Summary: undefined symbol: proxy_module
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Jeroen van Meeuwen <vanmeeuwen+fedora>
Component: httpdAssignee: Joe Orton <jorton>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Jeroen van Meeuwen 2008-12-30 13:04:27 UTC
Description of problem:

proxy_module being loaded into httpd is a prerequisite for proxy_ajp to work. However, the /etc/httpd/conf.d/proxy_ajp.conf file does not check whether the proxy module has been loaded.

Not every setup needs the proxy_module to be loaded, along with maybe dozens of other modules that are loaded by default.

In managed environments, updated httpd packages will put back the /etc/httpd/conf.d/proxy_ajp.conf file, leaving httpd unable to restart if not also proxy_module is loaded:

Starting httpd: httpd: Syntax error on line 35 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: Syntax error on line 2 of /etc/httpd/conf.d/proxy_ajp.conf: Cannot load /etc/httpd/modules/mod_proxy_ajp.so into server: /etc/httpd/modules/mod_proxy_ajp.so: undefined symbol: proxy_module

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

httpd-2.2.10-2.x86_64

How reproducible:

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Manage /etc/httpd/ with (for example) puppet
2.
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Actual results:

proxy_ajp.conf prevents httpd from restarting properly, if proxy_module isn't loaded into httpd.

Expected results:

Either one of two:

1) proxy_ajp.conf loads mod_proxy if not already loaded:

<IfModule !mod_proxy.c>
    LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so
</IfModule>

LoadModule proxy_ajp_module modules/mod_proxy_ajp.so

2) mod_proxy_ajp.so is loaded only if proxy_module has been loaded:

<ifModule mod_proxy.c>
    LoadModule proxy_ajp_module modules/mod_proxy_ajp.so
</ifModule>

Additional info:

Option 2) is only valid if and when the proxy_module has already been loaded by the time proxy_ajp.conf is parsed, so option 1) is the most feasible IMO.

Comment 1 Bug Zapper 2009-06-09 10:32:56 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 11 development cycle.
Changing version to '11'.

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Comment 3 Bug Zapper 2010-06-28 11:03:01 UTC
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