> On Jan 8, 2022, at 10:01, Eric Covener <cove...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 9:49 AM Felipe Gasper <fel...@felipegasper.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Are there any existing httpd modules that allow for fully dynamic vhost
>> configurations via LDAP or some other query mechanism?
>>
>> Kind of like mod_vhost_alias, but instead of looking on disk it would query
>> a socket?
>>
>> If not, is such a thing possible to write via httpd’s existing plugin
>> mechanism?
>
> I don't think it's feasible for them to act like real virtualhosts
> e.g. activating arbitrary directives as if they were enclosed in a
> unique VirtualHost. Same limitation as mod_vhost_alias has.
>
> There's no reason why a copy of mod_vhost_alias couldn't look up
> something the way you describe at runtime to make its decision.
> Fortunately It is a very small/simple module.
If I’m understanding you correctly, while it’s easy to make such a setup with
just the very basic controls that mod_vhost_alias exposes, it’s much harder to
have it be able to use, e.g., mod_ruid2, mod_userdir, etc.? That’s probably
unfeasible for my use case.
A bit more context: currently we run httpd in a “classic” single-node setup,
hosting 1,000s of virtual hosts that users individually control. Any time a
user adds/removes/alters a domain, httpd.conf is updated. We’d like to explore
high-availability options, but containerized/k8s setups that I’ve seen seem to
package the configuration in the container, which means updates to that config
would entail rebuilding the container; that would seem to entail a dramatic
increase in “churn” every time a user adds or removes a domain.
What, if anything, have others done to address this problem?
Thank you!
Cheers,
-Felipe Gasper
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