SOLVED Any way to install "custom" modules in EasyApache4?

[Spork Schivago]

CpanelMichael,

My question is related to the custom modules but I'm not sure if I should create my own topic or add to this one.

If I should create my own topic, could you please move this to a new thread?

Once we're given the ability to add custom modules to EasyApache 4, would we be able to have HTTP2 support?

I know HTTP2 requires OpenSSL 1.0.2 or higher and I know cPanel does not want to redistribute OpenSSL, which is understandable. I don't see why they couldn't check to see if OpenSSL 1.0.2 was installed on the system already though, and if it is, offer the http2 module, if not, simply don't show it. That way, if someone really wants HTTP2, all they'd have to do is find away to install OpenSSL 1.0.2 or higher onto their system.

If we're given the ability to add our own custom modules, they'd appear in EasyApache 4, right? If so, then we should be able to add the http2 module, install OpenSSL 1.0.2 or higher manually (if it's not provided by the package manager of the distro) and then just run EasyApache 4 and we should have HTTP2 support, right?

**EDIT: Never mind. It has been explained to me why my idea wouldn't work.

Thanks.

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello @Spork Schivago,

I see your question has been answered, however I did want to mention that with EasyApache 4, you can already create or customize RPMs and then distribute them on your system. The information on the following URL offers some advice on this:

ea4.ninja

You can also find the official feature request for Http2 support with EasyApache 4 at:

EasyApache 4 HTTP2 Support

Thank you.

 

[Spork Schivago]

Cool! So, if I can create or customize RPMs and distribute them on my system, I can actually provide OpenSSL 1.0.2 or higher and actually have http2 support?

I'll be checking those links out! Will the custom RPM modules for Apache show up under EasyApache 4 when I go to provision a new profile?

That'd be really nice. I was looking into where the list of what gets provisioned is stored. If I'm reading the code correctly, it almost looks like cPanel just uses yum and searches for something like ea-apache*-mod_* and then displays whatever it finds.

Is that correct? If I wanted to add a custom module or something, I'd just have to create an RPM in a specific way and EasyApache 4 would auto-detect it and list it? Thanks!!!!

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello,

Yes, while it's highly unsupported, you could manually install a different version of OpenSSL and setup a custom http2 RPM to use with EasyApache 4. That said, I'd recommend testing this out first on a non-production server.

To answer your other question, yes, it will show up in the EasyApache 4 interface when provisioning a profile. You can see that functionality in action for a custom module such as Mod_Qos, as referenced on this post:

Mod_qos Apache 2.4

Thank you.