Andrew Dixon wrote: > Hi All, > > Is there any benefit to removing Apache modules that the server > doesn't appear to use? > > The list below is a list of the Apache modules that I appear to > require to run my web server: > > LoadModule access_module modules/mod_access.so > LoadModule log_config_module modules/mod_log_config.so > LoadModule deflate_module modules/mod_deflate.so > LoadModule setenvif_module modules/mod_setenvif.so > LoadModule mime_module modules/mod_mime.so > LoadModule negotiation_module modules/mod_negotiation.so > LoadModule dir_module modules/mod_dir.so > LoadModule alias_module modules/mod_alias.so > LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so > > This list is a list of the all the modules I have commented out: > > LoadModule cache_module modules/mod_cache.so > LoadModule disk_cache_module modules/mod_disk_cache.so > LoadModule file_cache_module modules/mod_file_cache.so > LoadModule mem_cache_module modules/mod_mem_cache.so > LoadModule auth_module modules/mod_auth.so > LoadModule auth_anon_module modules/mod_auth_anon.so > LoadModule auth_dbm_module modules/mod_auth_dbm.so > LoadModule auth_digest_module modules/mod_auth_digest.so > LoadModule ldap_module modules/mod_ldap.so > LoadModule auth_ldap_module modules/mod_auth_ldap.so > LoadModule include_module modules/mod_include.so > LoadModule logio_module modules/mod_logio.so > LoadModule env_module modules/mod_env.so > LoadModule mime_magic_module modules/mod_mime_magic.so > LoadModule cern_meta_module modules/mod_cern_meta.so > LoadModule expires_module modules/mod_expires.so > LoadModule headers_module modules/mod_headers.so > LoadModule usertrack_module modules/mod_usertrack.so > LoadModule dav_module modules/mod_dav.so > LoadModule status_module modules/mod_status.so > LoadModule autoindex_module modules/mod_autoindex.so > LoadModule asis_module modules/mod_asis.so > LoadModule info_module modules/mod_info.so > LoadModule dav_fs_module modules/mod_dav_fs.so > LoadModule vhost_alias_module modules/mod_vhost_alias.so > LoadModule actions_module modules/mod_actions.so > LoadModule speling_module modules/mod_speling.so > LoadModule userdir_module modules/mod_userdir.so > LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so > LoadModule proxy_ftp_module modules/mod_proxy_ftp.so > LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_proxy_http.so > LoadModule proxy_connect_module modules/mod_proxy_connect.so > LoadModule suexec_module modules/mod_suexec.so > LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so > > Everything still seem to work ok and as yet I've not found any side > effects. Two questions really: > > 1) Does removing the seemingly unused modules provide any benefit? > 2) Does anyone see any of the modules that I have removed as anything > that might be required? > > Kind regards, > > Andrew. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Hi Andrew, not loading the apache modules you dont use will save u a bit of memory, but I guess it wont be much because inactive modules dont use up that much of it. I'd be carefult about disabling LoadModule auth_module modules/mod_auth.so (provides authentication) LoadModule mime_magic_module modules/mod_mime_magic.so (mimetypes may be misinterpreted if you dont use this, so for example, an .iso file instead of being downloaded from your website could be opened in the browser) and maybe LoadModule include_module modules/mod_include.so (provides server side includes) LoadModule env_module modules/mod_env.so Regards, Pavel --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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