We're currently struggling for an easy way to distribute our apache/mod_perl/mod_ssl-based application to our data center folks who are in a different state and whom we must presume know nothing about apache, mod_perl or mod_ssl and are capable of nothing more complicated than using RPM to install/update a package.
As such, does there exist such a thing as an RPM that installs apache with mod_perl AND mod_ssl enabled? I presume this would also have to include openssl. I can only imagine what a pain it would be to create this beast, but if it's been done, I'd like to give it a try. I have used my limited experience with RPM to try to build this kind of thing, but so far the closest I've gotten is to have an RPM that includes the four tarballs with a shell script to compile them on the target machine. Of course this really isn't in the spirit of RPM and also, fails miserably when the target machine is a hardened machine with no compiler, for example. :-) Does such a thing exist, and what are some pros and cons of going this route? Personally, I would hate to have to rely on an RPM like this, not least because I'd have to learn how to modify it if it doesn't meet our needs, but we need to make the application install as easy as possible for the data center folks. Thoughts? Thanks, Fran
