Introduction

This is a BASH script developed for CentOS 7 to minimize the time spent on compiling Apache 2.4 with HTTP2 and SSL support.

What does it do?

1. Downloads the necessary packages for Apache 2.4.34 with HTTP2 support (optionally including Google's brotli) under /tmp/_sources
2. Compiles the downloaded packages and installs them
3. Logs are stored under /tmp/_sources/[package_name]/log. For example, you can find logs while compiling apr under /tmp/_sources/apr-1.6.3/log
4. Installs Apache 2.4.34 into /usr/local/apache2
5. Loads the SSL (optional) and HTTP2 module by modifying the Apache configuration file and optionally adds a VirtualHost entry with SSL.
6. Creates an "httpd" service which can be used with "service httpd start/stop"

Packages Included

• OpenSSL 1.1.0h
• apr 1.6.3
• apr-util 1.6.1
• nghttp2 1.32.0
• brotli v1.0 (optional)

How to run?

Execute the following in your terminal to run installer.sh (URL shortened): bash <(curl -s -L https://git.io/fNXVq)

License

This work is available under the GNU GPLv3 license.

Support

For suggestions or bug reports, please feel free to open a new issue

If you would like to modify the script so it supports more distributions/offers more enhancements, please feel free to create a pull request and I will merge it.

Notes: this script assumes that the HTML directory is /var/www/html - this can be modified later from /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf