EasyApache4 - "/etc/apache2/" and "/etc/httpd/" - why do BOTH directories exist? (CentOS)

[httpd_user]

Hi. I am just curious and trying to understand cPanel's webserver configuration better....

I know that, normally, Apache configuration is located in /etc/httpd/ on CentOS.

However, I see that EasyApache 4 sets the httpd root to /etc/apache2/ instead (as it would be in Debian, et cetera), which is fine.

The thing is, I am looking at my server and I see BOTH directories. /etc/apache2/ contains all the EA config, while /etc/httpd/ seems to just contain some default config that is not even used.

My question is: is the /etc/httpd/ directory being used for anything? And, if not, then why was it created? May I remove it?

 

[cPRex]

Hey there! On a default cPanel installation (I checked an AlmaLinux 8 machine) I do not see the /etc/httpd directory. You could always run this command to see what, if anything, created it, or if it was included by your hosts OS image:

rpm -qf /etc/httpd/some_file_in_there

That will check the RPM database and see if it that file is linked with any package that was installed.

 

[cPRex]

As a follow-up to that, you will also see /usr/local/apache on cPanel machines, as that is leftover from legacy code, but it's just a series of links to other areas at this point.

 

[httpd_user]

Thank you!

Yeah, this folder doesn't have any symlinks other than the usual ones, so it doesn't seem to be there for legacy's sake.

Interestingly enough, it says:

file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf is not owned by any package

I wonder how it got there?

I won't remove it, but I guess it would be safe to do so.

 

[cPRex]

Whenever I want to delete a file, I don't. I rename it to current_filename.bak and then see if anything breaks so I can easily put it back if necessary. As long as it isn't some huge logfile that is causing space issues, that usually is a good method.

 

[httpd_user]

For reference, here's the contents of the (apparently unused) httpd folder:

.:
conf/
conf.d/
conf.modules.d/
logs -> ../../var/log/httpd/
modules -> ../../usr/lib64/httpd/modules/
run -> /run/httpd/

./conf:
httpd.conf
magic

./conf.d:
autoindex.conf
mpm_prefork.conf
README
userdir.conf
welcome.conf

./conf.modules.d:
00-base.conf
00-dav.conf
00-lua.conf
00-mpm.conf
00-proxy.conf
00-systemd.conf
01-cgi.conf

 

[httpd_user]

Whenever I want to delete a file, I don't. I rename it to current_filename.bak and then see if anything breaks so I can easily put it back if necessary. As long as it isn't some huge logfile that is causing space issues, that usually is a good method.

You are right, of course, that's what I meant to say...