pagespeed default config fails to load on 2.4 unless mod_access_compat is loaded

[GuillaumeRossolini]

Hi,

The default config for the admin pages fails in pagespeed.conf with:

AH00526: Syntax error on line 345 of /usr/local/apache2/conf/pagespeed.conf
Invalid command 'Order', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration

This config is currently:

    <Location /pagespeed_admin>
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from localhost
        Allow from 127.0.0.1
        SetHandler pagespeed_admin
    </Location>
    <Location /pagespeed_global_admin>
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from localhost
        Allow from 127.0.0.1
        SetHandler pagespeed_global_admin
    </Location>

Which is ok for httpd-2.2.x.

For httpd-2.4.x however, it should be something along the lines of:

    <Location /pagespeed_admin>
        <RequireAny>
                Require ip 127.0.0.1
        </RequireAny>
        SetHandler pagespeed_admin
    </Location>
    <Location /pagespeed_global_admin>
        <RequireAny>
                Require ip 127.0.0.1
        </RequireAny>
        SetHandler pagespeed_global_admin
    </Location>

Regards,

[morlovich]

Hmm, this works for me, probably because I have mod_access_compat loaded. May be easier to load that rather than the blocks...

[GuillaumeRossolini]

I'm not sure this would be the safest path. If the folks at httpd thought the config syntax needed changing, I'd rather follow their example than add compatibility modules which are bound to cause headaches at some point.
Maybe it would be even easier (to maintain) to have 2 separate config files or folders, one for the 2.2 branch and another for the 2.4 branch, and have the main config file "Include" the correct one? After all, there are a few if/elses in some parts of the config files already.

[jeffkaufman]

Closed by 02e8f7e

[GuillaumeRossolini]

I'm sorry, does it means that from now on, mod_access_compat is a required dependency?

[jeffkaufman]

People using apache 2.4 have two options:

• use mod_access_compat
• manually modify the two small blocks in PageSpeed's default config to use the new Require syntax instead of the old allow/deny.

Either one works.

[GuillaumeRossolini]

Excellent, that's just perfect. Many thanks!