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["Stefan Hornburg (Racke)" <address@concealed>]

On 11/07/2024 01:22, IKEDA Soji wrote:
> Hi packagers,
>
> There are known problems with the HTTP server configuration described in 
> documentation
> and shipped in some distributions so far.

Fixed in Debian package 6.2.72~dfsg-1.

Regards
    Racke

> ## Apache HTTP Server
>
> It has been reported that when configuring a FastCGI proxy, strict syntax 
> checks now
> cause the web service to fail to start.
> https://lists.sympa.community/msg/en/2024-07/gEBkopK6LrG5orgF9JhpoQ
> This is due to a change in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.60, however it has been 
> backported in
> some distributions.
>
> The following no longer works:
> ```
> <Location /sympa>.
>      SetHandler "proxy:unix:$PIDDIR/wwsympa.socket|fcgi://"
>      ...
> ```
> It should be done as following:
> ```
> <Location /sympa>
>      SetHandler "proxy:unix:$PIDDIR/wwsympa.socket|fcgi://localhost"
>      ...
> ```
>
> The same is true for /sympasoap.
>
> ## nginx
>
> To support multiple virtual hosts, you can set SERVER_NAME FastCGI variable 
> as follows.
> Otherwise, only the first virtual host is always used.
> ```
> server {
>      ...
>      server_name vhost1, vhost2, ... ;
>
>      location /sympa {
>          include fastcgi_params;
>          fastcgi_param SERVER_NAME $host;           # <- add this line here
>          fastcgi_pass unix:$PIDDIR/wwsympa.socket;
>      }
>      ...
> ```
> There is no harm in running only a single virtual host with this modification.
>
> ___
>
> Documentation has already been updated:
> https://www.sympa.community/manual/install/configure-http-server-proxy.html
>
>
> Regards,
> — ikedas

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