Complete list of Apache HTTP Server configure options for version 2.4.9.
In the terminal, change to the source directory and execute the below command.
# ./configure --help
`configure' configures this package to adapt to many kinds of systems.
Usage: ./configure [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
To assign environment variables (e.g., CC, CFLAGS...), specify them as VAR=VALUE. See below for descriptions of some of the useful variables.
Defaults for the options are specified in brackets.
Configuration:
-h, --help display this help and exit
--help=short display options specific to this package
--help=recursive display the short help of all the included packages
-V, --version display version information and exit
-q, --quiet, --silent do not print `checking ...' messages
--cache-file=FILE cache test results in FILE [disabled]
-C, --config-cache alias for `--cache-file=config.cache'
-n, --no-create do not create output files
--srcdir=DIR find the sources in DIR [configure dir or `..']
Installation directories:
--prefix=PREFIX install architecture-independent files in PREFIX [/usr/local/apache2]
--exec-prefix=EPREFIX install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX [PREFIX]
By default, `make install' will install all the files in `/usr/local/apache2/bin', `/usr/local/apache2/lib' etc. You can specify an installation prefix other than `/usr/local/apache2' using `--prefix', for instance `--prefix=$HOME'.
For better control, use the options below.
Fine tuning of the installation directories:
--bindir=DIR user executables [EPREFIX/bin]
--sbindir=DIR system admin executables [EPREFIX/sbin]
--libexecdir=DIR program executables [EPREFIX/libexec]
--sysconfdir=DIR read-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc]
--sharedstatedir=DIR modifiable architecture-independent data [PREFIX/com]
--localstatedir=DIR modifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var]
--libdir=DIR object code libraries [EPREFIX/lib]
--includedir=DIR C header files [PREFIX/include]
--oldincludedir=DIR C header files for non-gcc [/usr/include]
--datarootdir=DIR read-only arch.-independent data root [PREFIX/share]
--datadir=DIR read-only architecture-independent data [DATAROOTDIR]
--infodir=DIR info documentation [DATAROOTDIR/info]
--localedir=DIR locale-dependent data [DATAROOTDIR/locale]
--mandir=DIR man documentation [DATAROOTDIR/man]
--docdir=DIR documentation root [DATAROOTDIR/doc/PACKAGE]
--htmldir=DIR html documentation [DOCDIR]
--dvidir=DIR dvi documentation [DOCDIR]
--pdfdir=DIR pdf documentation [DOCDIR]
--psdir=DIR ps documentation [DOCDIR]
System types:
--build=BUILD configure for building on BUILD [guessed]
--host=HOST cross-compile to build programs to run on HOST [BUILD]
--target=TARGET configure for building compilers for TARGET [HOST]
Optional Features:
--disable-option-checking
ignore unrecognized --enable/--with options
--disable-FEATURE
do not include FEATURE (same as --enable-FEATURE=no)
--enable-FEATURE[=ARG]
include FEATURE [ARG=yes]
--enable-layout=LAYOUT
--enable-dtrace
Enable DTrace probes
--enable-hook-probes
Enable APR hook probes
--enable-exception-hook
Enable fatal exception hook
--enable-load-all-modules
Load all modules
--enable-maintainer-mode
Turn on debugging and compile time warnings and load all compiled modules
--enable-debugger-mode
Turn on debugging and compile time warnings and turn off optimization
--enable-pie
Build httpd as a Position Independent Executable
--enable-modules=MODULE-LIST
Space-separated list of modules to enable | "all" | "most" | "few" | "none" | "reallyall"
--enable-mods-shared=MODULE-LIST
Space-separated list of shared modules to enable | "all" | "most" | "few" | "reallyall"
--enable-mods-static=MODULE-LIST
Space-separated list of static modules to enable | "all" | "most" | "few" | "reallyall"
--disable-authn-file
file-based authentication control
--enable-authn-dbm
DBM-based authentication control
--enable-authn-anon
anonymous user authentication control
--enable-authn-dbd
SQL-based authentication control
--enable-authn-socache
Cached authentication control
--disable-authn-core
core authentication module
--disable-authz-host
host-based authorization control
--disable-authz-groupfile
'require group' authorization control
--disable-authz-user
'require user' authorization control
--enable-authz-dbm
DBM-based authorization control
--enable-authz-owner
'require file-owner' authorization control
--enable-authz-dbd
SQL based authorization and Login/Session support
--disable-authz-core
core authorization provider vector module
--enable-authnz-ldap
LDAP based authentication
--disable-access-compat
mod_access compatibility
--disable-auth-basic
basic authentication
--enable-auth-form
form authentication
--enable-auth-digest
RFC2617 Digest authentication
--enable-allowmethods
restrict allowed HTTP methods
--enable-isapi
isapi extension support
--enable-file-cache
File cache
--enable-cache
dynamic file caching. At least one storage management module (e.g. mod_cache_disk) is also necessary.
--enable-cache-disk
disk caching module
--enable-cache-socache
shared object caching module
--enable-socache-shmcb
shmcb small object cache provider
--enable-socache-dbm
dbm small object cache provider
--enable-socache-memcache
memcache small object cache provider
--enable-socache-dc
distcache small object cache provider
--enable-so
DSO capability. This module will be automatically enabled unless you build all modules statically.
--enable-watchdog
Watchdog module
--enable-macro
Define and use macros in configuration files
--enable-dbd
Apache DBD Framework
--enable-bucketeer
buckets manipulation filter. Useful only for developers and testing purposes.
--enable-dumpio
I/O dump filter
--enable-echo
ECHO server
--enable-example-hooks
Example hook callback handler module
--enable-case-filter
Example uppercase conversion filter
--enable-case-filter-in
Example uppercase conversion input filter
--enable-example-ipc
Example of shared memory and mutex usage
--enable-buffer
Filter Buffering
--enable-data
RFC2397 data encoder
--enable-ratelimit
Output Bandwidth Limiting
--disable-reqtimeout
Limit time waiting for request from client
--enable-ext-filter
external filter module
--enable-request
Request Body Filtering
--enable-include
Server Side Includes
--disable-filter
Smart Filtering
--enable-reflector
Reflect request through the output filter stack
--enable-substitute
response content rewrite-like filtering
--enable-sed
filter request and/or response bodies through sed
--disable-charset-lite
character set translation. Enabled by default only on EBCDIC systems.
--enable-charset-lite
character set translation. Enabled by default only on EBCDIC systems.
--enable-deflate
Deflate transfer encoding support
--enable-xml2enc
i18n support for markup filters
--enable-proxy-html
Fix HTML Links in a Reverse Proxy
--enable-http
HTTP protocol handling. The http module is a basic one that enables the server to function as an HTTP server. It is only useful to disable it if you want to use another protocol module instead. Don't disable this module unless you are really sure what you are doing. Note: This module will always be linked statically.
--disable-mime
mapping of file-extension to MIME. Disabling this module is normally not recommended.
--enable-ldap
LDAP caching and connection pooling services
--disable-log-config
logging configuration. You won't be able to log requests to the server without this module.
--enable-log-debug
configurable debug logging
--enable-log-forensic
forensic logging
--enable-logio
input and output logging
--enable-lua
Apache Lua Framework
--enable-luajit
Enable LuaJit Support
--disable-env
clearing/setting of ENV vars
--enable-mime-magic
automagically determining MIME type
--enable-cern-meta
CERN-type meta files
--enable-expires
Expires header control
--disable-headers
HTTP header control
--enable-ident
RFC 1413 identity check
--enable-usertrack
user-session tracking
--enable-unique-id
per-request unique ids
--disable-setenvif
basing ENV vars on headers
--disable-version
determining httpd version in config files
--enable-remoteip
translate header contents to an apparent client remote_ip
--enable-proxy
Apache proxy module
--enable-proxy-connect
Apache proxy CONNECT module. Requires and is enabled by --enable-proxy.
--enable-proxy-ftp
Apache proxy FTP module. Requires and is enabled by --enable-proxy.
--enable-proxy-http
Apache proxy HTTP module. Requires and is enabled by --enable-proxy.
--enable-proxy-fcgi
Apache proxy FastCGI module. Requires and is enabled by --enable-proxy.
--enable-proxy-scgi
Apache proxy SCGI module. Requires and is enabled by --enable-proxy.
--enable-proxy-fdpass
Apache proxy to Unix Daemon Socket module. Requires --enable-proxy.
--enable-proxy-wstunnel
Apache proxy Websocket Tunnel module. Requires and is enabled by --enable-proxy.
--enable-proxy-ajp
Apache proxy AJP module. Requires and is enabled by --enable-proxy.
--enable-proxy-balancer
Apache proxy BALANCER module. Requires and is enabled by --enable-proxy.
--enable-proxy-express
mass reverse-proxy module. Requires --enable-proxy.
--enable-session
session module
--enable-session-cookie
session cookie module
--enable-session-crypto
session crypto module
--enable-session-dbd
session dbd module
--enable-slotmem-shm
slotmem provider that uses shared memory
--enable-slotmem-plain
slotmem provider that uses plain memory
--enable-ssl
SSL/TLS support (mod_ssl)
--enable-ssl-staticlib-deps
link mod_ssl with dependencies of OpenSSL's static libraries (as indicated by "pkg-config --static"). Must be specified in addition to --enable-ssl.
--enable-optional-hook-export
example optional hook exporter
--enable-optional-hook-import
example optional hook importer
--enable-optional-fn-import
example optional function importer
--enable-optional-fn-export
example optional function exporter
--enable-dialup
rate limits static files to dialup modem speeds
--enable-static-support
Build a statically linked version of the support binaries
--enable-static-htpasswd
Build a statically linked version of htpasswd
--enable-static-htdigest
Build a statically linked version of htdigest
--enable-static-rotatelogs
Build a statically linked version of rotatelogs
--enable-static-logresolve
Build a statically linked version of logresolve
--enable-static-htdbm
Build a statically linked version of htdbm
--enable-static-ab
Build a statically linked version of ab
--enable-static-checkgid
Build a statically linked version of checkgid
--enable-static-htcacheclean
Build a statically linked version of htcacheclean
--enable-static-httxt2dbm
Build a statically linked version of httxt2dbm
--enable-static-fcgistarter
Build a statically linked version of fcgistarter
--enable-lbmethod-byrequests
Apache proxy Load balancing by request counting
--enable-lbmethod-bytraffic
Apache proxy Load balancing by traffic counting
--enable-lbmethod-bybusyness
Apache proxy Load balancing by busyness
--enable-lbmethod-heartbeat
Apache proxy Load balancing from Heartbeats
--enable-mpms-shared=MPM-LIST
Space-separated list of MPM modules to enable for dynamic loading. MPM-LIST=list | "all"
--enable-unixd
unix specific support
--enable-privileges
Per-virtualhost Unix UserIDs and enhanced security for Solaris
--enable-heartbeat
Generates Heartbeats
--enable-heartmonitor
Collects Heartbeats
--enable-dav
WebDAV protocol handling. --enable-dav also enables mod_dav_fs
--disable-status
process/thread monitoring
--disable-autoindex
directory listing
--enable-asis
as-is filetypes
--enable-info
server information
--enable-suexec
set uid and gid for spawned processes
--enable-cgid
CGI scripts. Enabled by default with threaded MPMs
--enable-cgi
CGI scripts. Enabled by default with non-threaded MPMs
--enable-dav-fs
DAV provider for the filesystem. --enable-dav also enables mod_dav_fs.
--enable-dav-lock
DAV provider for generic locking
--enable-vhost-alias
mass virtual hosting module
--enable-negotiation
content negotiation
--disable-dir
directory request handling
--enable-imagemap
server-side imagemaps
--enable-actions
Action triggering on requests
--enable-speling
correct common URL misspellings
--enable-userdir
mapping of requests to user-specific directories
--disable-alias
mapping of requests to different filesystem parts
--enable-rewrite
rule based URL manipulation
--enable-v4-mapped
Allow IPv6 sockets to handle IPv4 connections
Optional Packages:
--with-PACKAGE[=ARG]
use PACKAGE [ARG=yes]
--without-PACKAGE
do not use PACKAGE (same as --with-PACKAGE=no)
--with-included-apr
Use bundled copies of APR/APR-Util
--with-apr=PATH
prefix for installed APR or the full path to apr-config
--with-apr-util=PATH
prefix for installed APU or the full path to apu-config
--with-pcre=PATH
Use external PCRE library
--with-port=PORT
Port on which to listen (default is 80)
--with-sslport=SSLPORT
Port on which to securelisten (default is 443)
--with-distcache=PATH
Distcache installation directory
--with-z=PATH
use a specific zlib library
--with-libxml2=PATH
location for libxml2
--with-lua=PATH
Path to the Lua 5.1 prefix
--with-ssl=PATH
OpenSSL installation directory
--with-mpm=MPM
Choose the process model for Apache to use by default. MPM={event|worker|prefork|winnt} This will be statically linked as the only available MPM unless --enable-mpms-shared is also specified.
--with-module=module-type:module-file
Enable module-file in the modules/<module-type> directory.
--with-program-name
alternate executable name
--with-suexec-bin
Path to suexec binary
--with-suexec-caller
User allowed to call SuExec
--with-suexec-userdir
User subdirectory
--with-suexec-docroot
SuExec root directory
--with-suexec-uidmin
Minimal allowed UID
--with-suexec-gidmin
Minimal allowed GID
--with-suexec-logfile
Set the logfile
--with-suexec-safepath
Set the safepath
--with-suexec-umask
umask for suexec'd process
Some influential environment variables:
CC
C compiler command
CFLAGS
C compiler flags
LDFLAGS
linker flags, e.g. -L<lib dir> if you have libraries in a nonstandard directory <lib dir>
LIBS
libraries to pass to the linker, e.g. -l<library>
CPPFLAGS
(Objective) C/C++ preprocessor flags, e.g. -I<include dir> if you have headers in a nonstandard directory <include dir>
CPP
C preprocessor
Use these variables to override the choices made by `configure' or to help it to find libraries and programs with nonstandard names/locations.
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