[LON-CAPA-dev] Single Apache Server

[Guy Albertelli II]

Hi,

I noticed something in a bugreport and I thought I would pass this
helpful hint along:

/etc/init.d/httpd stop
/usr/sbin/httpd -X


If you do this Apache will only start up a single child.

This makes some debugging easier since you don't have to worry if you
are always getting the same child.

I also have learned that you can use the perl debugger against a
server running this way.

You need to add the below to a .conf file that Apache reads _BEFORE_
any other mod_perl directives (which in the new setup means in
httpd.conf right before the Include conf/loncapa_apache.conf)

PerlModule Apache::DB
<Perl>
  Apache::DB->init;
</Perl>
<Location />
  PerlFixupHandler Apache::DB
</Location>

(One might want to surround this with a 
<IfDefine PERLDEBUG>
</IfDefine>

aand then use 
/usr/sbin/httpd -X -DPERLDEBUG


Have Fun!
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