amzapache Cookbook

amzapache is a Chef cookbook for installing Apache Web server w/ mod ssl on Amazon Linux. I have not tested this cookbook on CentOS or RHEL.

Requirements

This cookbook was written for use with AWS OpsWorks (Chef 11) for building a custom web server layer running Amazon Linux.

http://aws.amazon.com/opsworks/

Attributes

amzapache attributes: Are all related to the included httpd.conf configuration template and are configured as default attributes

default['amzapache']['document_root'] - Document root - default: /var/www/html
default['amzapache']['dir'] - Apache config directory - default: /etc/httpd
default['amzapache']['log_dir'] - Apache log directory - default: /var/log/httpd
default['amzapache']['user'] - User Apache will run as - default: apache
default['amzapache']['group'] - Group Apache will run as - default: apache
default['amzapache']['binary'] - Where binary will live - default: /usr/sbin/httpd
default['amzapache']['icon_dir'] - Apache icon directory - default: /var/www/icons/
default['amzapache']['init_script'] - Apache init script - default: /etc/init.d/httpd
default['amzapache']['http_port'] - Port apache will listen on - default: 80
default['amzapache']['ssl_port'] - Port SSL will use - default: 443
default['amzapache']['contact'] - you@yourdomain.com
default['amzapache']['servhost'] - Domain you want for your default hostname
default['amzapache']['timeout'] - Apache timeout - default: 120
default['amzapache']['keepalive'] - Apache keepalive - default: off
default['amzapache']['keepaliverequests'] - Apache keep alive requests - default: 100
default['amzapache']['keepalivetimeout'] - Apache keepalive timeout - default: 3

Usage

amzapache::default

Installs Apache using the settings as configured in the attributes. This cookbooks is setup to function in combo with php-pkg (installs PHP) and deployer (which can easily deploy PHP applications from a repo on github).

To use with OpsWorks (Chef 11) - Create a custom layer - add amzapache::default as a custom cookbook to the "setup" event.

Contributing

1. Fork the repository on Github
2. Create a named feature branch (like add_component_x)
3. Write your change
4. Write tests for your change (if applicable)
5. Run the tests via test kitchen, ensuring they all pass
6. Submit a Pull Request using Github

License and Authors

Apache 2.0 License - written by Phil Hendren - github: phendren philip.hendren[at]gmail.com