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c3fcea07965f59723831e23da647a77518285b8eslive<description>Provides a comprehensive overview of the server
c3fcea07965f59723831e23da647a77518285b8esliveconfiguration</description>
c3fcea07965f59723831e23da647a77518285b8eslive <p>To configure <module>mod_info</module>, add the following to your
72efd3996108e6e17834609af9cf84b95e4c586end <Location /server-info><br />
72efd3996108e6e17834609af9cf84b95e4c586end SetHandler server-info<br />
72efd3996108e6e17834609af9cf84b95e4c586end </Location>
72efd3996108e6e17834609af9cf84b95e4c586end </example>
251d54de2284abc4a59d0959487e1ddcb8714b4arbowen <p>You may wish to use <module>mod_access</module> inside the
251d54de2284abc4a59d0959487e1ddcb8714b4arbowen <directive type="section" module="core">Location</directive>
4f3a5dcf5f9538e0e51183011e346c16be8dc126rbowen directive to limit access to your server configuration
251d54de2284abc4a59d0959487e1ddcb8714b4arbowen information:</p>
251d54de2284abc4a59d0959487e1ddcb8714b4arbowen <Location /server-info><br />
251d54de2284abc4a59d0959487e1ddcb8714b4arbowen SetHandler server-info<br />
251d54de2284abc4a59d0959487e1ddcb8714b4arbowen </Location>
23171986812b568beef50b28bdca284ab949e774rbowen <p>Once configured, the server information is obtained by
14ae27a0c6c67bed36e2e8cb5099a02e19548943pquerna accessing <code>http://your.host.example.com/server-info</code></p>
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna<section id="security"><title>Security Issues</title>
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna <p>Once <module>mod_info</module> is loaded into the server, its
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna handler capability is available in <em>all</em> configuration
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna files, including per-directory files (<em>e.g.</em>,
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna <code>.htaccess</code>). This may have security-related
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna ramifications for your site.</p>
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna <p>In particular, this module can leak sensitive information
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna from the configuration directives of other Apache modules such as
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna system paths, usernames/passwords, database names, etc. Therefore,
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna used in a controlled environment and always with caution.</p>
860b4efe27e7c1c9a2bf5c872b29c90f76849b51jim <p>You will probably want to use <module>mod_authz_host</module>
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna to limit access to your server configuration information.</p>
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna <Location /server-info><br />
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna SetHandler server-info<br />
14ae27a0c6c67bed36e2e8cb5099a02e19548943pquerna Order allow,deny<br />
14ae27a0c6c67bed36e2e8cb5099a02e19548943pquerna # Allow access from server itself<br />
14ae27a0c6c67bed36e2e8cb5099a02e19548943pquerna Allow from 127.0.0.1<br />
14ae27a0c6c67bed36e2e8cb5099a02e19548943pquerna # Additionally, allow access from local workstation<br />
14ae27a0c6c67bed36e2e8cb5099a02e19548943pquerna Allow from 192.168.1.17<br />
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna </Location>
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna<section id="queries"><title>Selecting the information shown</title>
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna <p>By default, the server information includes a list of
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna all enabled modules, and for each module, a description of
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna the directives understood by that module, the hooks implemented
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna by that module, and the relevant directives from the current
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna configuration.</p>
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna <p>Other views of the configuration information are available by
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna appending a query to the <code>server-info</code> request. For
14ae27a0c6c67bed36e2e8cb5099a02e19548943pquerna example, <code>http://your.host.example.com/server-info?config</code>
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna will show all configuration directives.</p>
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna <dd>Only information relevant to the named module</dd>
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna <dd>Just the configuration directives, not sorted by module</dd>
9c6bbd67082b5a47fb17cfa5b61b8a7e1fb01875pquerna <dd>Only the list of Hooks each module is attached to</dd>
3d636d91428f2c0a74012c89a94ec7d5b40aa52esf<section id="startup"><title>Dumping the configuration on startup</title>
3d636d91428f2c0a74012c89a94ec7d5b40aa52esf <p>If the config define <code>-DDUMP_CONFIG</code> is set,
3d636d91428f2c0a74012c89a94ec7d5b40aa52esf <module>mod_info</module> will dump the pre-parsed configuration to
3d636d91428f2c0a74012c89a94ec7d5b40aa52esf <code>stdout</code> during server startup. This is roughly equivalent
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna<section id="limitations"><title>Known Limitations</title>
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna <p><module>mod_info</module> provides its information by reading the
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna parsed configuration, rather than reading the original configuration
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna file. There are a few limitations as a result of the way the parsed
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna configuration tree is created:</p>
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna <li>Directives which are executed immediately rather than being
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna stored in the parsed configuration are not listed. These include
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna <directive module="mod_so">LoadModule</directive>, and
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna <directive module="mod_so">LoadFile</directive>.</li>
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna <li>Directives which control the configuration file itself, such as
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna <directive module="core"><IfModule></directive> and
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna <directive module="core"><IfDefine></directive> are not
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna listed, but the included configuration directives are.</li>
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna <li>Comments are not listed. (This may be considered a feature.)</li>
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna <li>Configuration directives from <code>.htaccess</code> files are
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna not listed (since they do not form part of the permanent server
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna configuration).</li>
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna <li>Container directives such as
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna <directive module="core"><Directory></directive>
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna are listed normally, but <module>mod_info</module> cannot figure
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna out the line number for the closing
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna <directive module="core"></Directory></directive>.</li>
2f83bdeb8f4a4f370e26edf99666e7965c58de22poirier <li>Directives generated by third party modules such as <a href="http://perl.apache.org">mod_perl</a>
9242e4b895c96a03d7c575702cf6b69b5c2702c0pquerna might not be listed.</li>
23171986812b568beef50b28bdca284ab949e774rbowen<directivesynopsis>
15ba1801088da1aad6d20609cf3f7b0b1eefce8aslive<description>Adds additional information to the module
23171986812b568beef50b28bdca284ab949e774rboweninformation displayed by the server-info handler</description>
72efd3996108e6e17834609af9cf84b95e4c586end<syntax>AddModuleInfo <var>module-name</var> <var>string</var></syntax>
72efd3996108e6e17834609af9cf84b95e4c586end<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
72efd3996108e6e17834609af9cf84b95e4c586end</contextlist>
72efd3996108e6e17834609af9cf84b95e4c586end <p>This allows the content of <var>string</var> to be shown as
23171986812b568beef50b28bdca284ab949e774rbowen HTML interpreted, <strong>Additional Information</strong> for
b51bf223f42d43ca6b1b33c95124edcfa5a871a4nd href="http://www.apache.org/docs/&httpd.docs;/mod/mod_deflate.html">\<br />
b51bf223f42d43ca6b1b33c95124edcfa5a871a4nd http://www.apache.org/docs/&httpd.docs;/mod/mod_deflate.html</a>'
72efd3996108e6e17834609af9cf84b95e4c586end </example>
23171986812b568beef50b28bdca284ab949e774rbowen</directivesynopsis>
23171986812b568beef50b28bdca284ab949e774rbowen</modulesynopsis>