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Compile an Apache Web Server on a Linux System

For the Web Agent to operate with an Apache web server running Linux, you have to compile the server. Compiling is required because the Agent code uses pthreads (a library of POSIX-compliant thread routines), but the Apache server on the Linux platform does not, by default.

If you do not compile with the lpthread option, the Apache server starts up, but then hangs and does not handle any requests. The Apache server on Linux cannot initialize a module which uses pthreads due to issues with Linux's dynamic loader.

To compile Apache on Linux for the Web Agent

1. Enter the following:

   LIBS=-lpthread

   export LIBS

2. Configure Apache as usual by entering the folloiwng:

   configure --enable-module=so --prefix=your_install_target_directory

   make

   make install