[CentOS] Using Apache 2.2 config files on Apache 2.4

Thu Mar 2 13:30:25 UTC 2017
Richard <lists-centos at listmail.innovate.net>


> Date: Thursday, March 02, 2017 08:22:25 -0500
> From: Mark Weaver <mweaver at compinfosystems.com>
>
> Hello List,
> 
> I'm in the process of migrating LAMP servers. I've got a C5 LAMP
> server in my rack that has been running faithfully without
> complaint for the past 9 years. In some ways I really hate to move
> out of it, but there are things to get done, things to consider and
> reasons that make the migration necessary.
> 
> I've got a C7 server loaded and the basic configuration partially
> completed. All the packages I need to replace the old server are in
> place. But I've reached a point where something has come up and I
> don't know the answer to:
> 
> Can I use the configuration files and methods I'm accustomed to from
> apache 2,2 from my C5 server with Apache 2.4 on the new C7 server?
> 
> I've been looking at the way thing are done with Apache 2.4 on C7
> and in regards to SSL configuration I really don't care for it. It
> seems convoluted and a bit unnecessarily complicated. /I'm sure
> there's a good reason for it... I'm either not seeing it, or I'm
> sub-consciously not interested in why it's this way./
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Mark

You might want to look at:

  <https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/upgrading.html>

to see various configuration directive changes between the two
releases, as well as other documented issues.