Compile Apache 2.2 from source on Centos 7

compile-httpd-from-source

#!/bin/bash
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                     Apache Installation
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# Install required tools for compilation
  sudo yum install autoconf expat-devel libtool libnghttp2-devel apr apr-util pcre-devel openssl-devel zlib-devel -y

# Download source code
  cd /usr/local/src
  curl -O -L https://github.com/apache/httpd/archive/2.2.34.tar.gz #latest stable release Apache 2.2
  curl -O -L https://github.com/apache/apr/archive/1.7.0.tar.gz #Apache Runtime library. Required for Apache HTTPD
  curl -O -L https://github.com/apache/apr-util/archive/1.6.1.tar.gz #Apache Runtime library. Required for Apache HTTPD

# Unpack downloaded sources
  tar -zxvf 2.2.34.tar.gz
  tar -zxvf 1.7.0.tar.gz
  tar -zxvf 1.6.1.tar.gz 

# Apache requires APR library for compilation. Copy the source codes to correct directory
# It's important to not to include version number in APR directories. 
# If you just copy apr-1.7.0 without changing the name, it will give you a warning about missing apr directory.
  cp -r apr-1.7.0 httpd-2.2.34/srclib/apr
  cp -r apr-util-1.6.1 httpd-2.2.34/srclib/apr-util

# compile apache (avoid running package compiling as root or sudo )
  cd httpd-2.2.34 # change dir to downloaded apache source 
  ./buildconf
  ./configure \
 	--prefix=/etc/httpd \
 	--exec-prefix=/etc/httpd \
 	--bindir=/usr/bin \
 	--sbindir=/usr/sbin \
 	--mandir=/usr/share/man \
	--libdir=/usr/lib64 \
	--sysconfdir=/etc/httpd/conf \
	--includedir=/usr/include/apache/httpd \
	--libexecdir=/usr/lib64/httpd/modules \
	--datadir=/var/lib/apache \
    --enable-mpms-shared=all \
	--enable-suexec --with-suexec \
    --enable-suexec-capabilities \
	--with-suexec-caller=apache \
	--with-suexec-docroot=/var/www \
	--without-suexec-logfile \
    --with-suexec-syslog \
	--with-suexec-bin=/usr/sbin/suexec \
	--with-suexec-uidmin=500 --with-suexec-gidmin=100 \
    --enable-pie \
    --with-pcre \
    --with-inluded-apr \
    --enable-mods-shared=all \
	--enable-ssl \
    --with-ssl=/usr/local/openssl \
    --disable-distcache \
	--enable-proxy \
    --enable-cache \
    --enable-disk-cache \
    --enable-cgid \
    --enable-cgi \
    --enable-authn-anon \
    --enable-authn-alias \
    --enable-deflate \
    --disable-imagemap
  make

# After compiling install HTTPD with sudo
  sudo make install