Re: FYI: mod_throttle

[Per Engelbrecht <per_(_at_)_xterm_(_dot_)_dk>]

Bram Van Dam wrote:
> I just thought I'd post this here for any of those who are using 
> mod_throttle and are having problems with the ThrottleRuntimeFile 
> setting in the chroot.
>
> Basically, it doesn't work because of the chroot (mod_throttle isn't 
> aware of the chroot, so at apache startup, before its chrooted, it reads 
> the file outside of the chroot, eg /var/www/mod_throttle/throttle.log, 
> but on apache shutdown it will write to the same path inside the chroot, 
> eg /var/www/var/www/mod_throttle/throttle.log
>
> So basically, each and every time you restart apache, all the throttle 
> info is lost.
>
> I simply wrote a shellscript (if it can even be call that, it's 
> pathetic, really) to restart apache, which also copies over the throttle 
> log to where mod_throttle is expecting it to be.
>
> A simple
>
> apachectl stop
> sleep 1
> cp /var/www/var/www/mod_throttle/throttle.log /var/www/mod_throttle
> env -i apachectl start
>
>
> pretty much does the trick for me.
>
> Just thought I'd mention this. It had me puzzled for a while, so I'm 
> kind of guessing I might not be the only one who ran into this (and if I 
> am, well then I'll just carry on talking to myself.)
>
>
>  - Bram
>
> Yes yes, blabla, "rewrite mod_throttle to work with the chroot instead" 
> blabla. I would if I could (I tried, but I'm about as good at coding as 
> most of you are at playing the harp).

Would that be a 12 or a 27 string one ?
:)

Ok I'll cut the crap. I think it's brilliant when people from time to 
time share their this_works experiences with the rest of us on the list.
I for one, saves all tips & tricks mails like this one.
It has proven itself handy quite a few times.

In short, thumbs up Bram.


/per
per_(_at_)_xterm_(_dot_)_dk