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Migrated to EA4, mod_headers not working in .htaccess

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    Hi,

    I took the plunge and migrated to EasyApache 4 last night. Everything mostly went smoothly, but I am noticing now that my sites' HSTS headers (which are set in their respective .htaccess files) are no longer being sent.

    This is what used to work under my EasyApache 3 setup:

    <IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header add Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000"
    </IfModule>

    But no matter what I try (Header always add, Header set, Header always set...), this header never gets sent. Everything else in the .htaccess files seems to be getting parsed and I can trigger an HTTP 500 error if I create a syntax error in one of these files so I know they are being processed. Removing the <IfModule></IfModule> conditional doesn't help either, and I can confirm that mod_headers is activated in Apache.

    Any ideas how to resolve this problem?
     
    #1 fonginator, Oct 19, 2016
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    Welcome to EasyApache 4!

    Personally, I have HSTS headers configured on my EasyApache 4 setup, using Virtual Host Include Files. Documentation for this can be found here: Modify Apache Virtual Hosts with Include Files

    For individual domains that you wish to add the HSTS headers to, you can simply add the configuration rule(s) to: /etc/apache2/conf.d/userdata/ssl/2_4/$user/$domain/$includename.conf

    For example:
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    [/etc/apache2/conf.d/userdata/ssl/2_4/forumuser/forumuser.io]# cat hsts.conf
Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000"
    I hope this helps!
     
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    Hi David,

    This is ultimately what I ended up having to do, but I find it to be less convenient since it requires root access (something which I don't necessarily have on all of the cPanel servers I plan to help roll out EA4 on) and breaks existing EA3 configurations.

    Unless I'm missing something, putting this in the .htaccess file should work which is the most troublesome aspect of this. I wish I could understand whether this is a bug or some sort of side effect of going from mod_php/mod_ruid2 in EA3 to an fcgi setup with EA4.
     
    #3 fonginator, Oct 20, 2016
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    I'm using EA4 (v. 58.0.32) with Event MPM and suPHP, and I can confirm that the "set" command is working on an account's .htaccess based on the results from testing it on observatory.mozilla.org:
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    <IfModule mod_headers.c>
  Header set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=15768000"
</IfModule>
     
    #4 linux4me2, Oct 20, 2016
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    Hello @fonginator,

    Feel free to open a support ticket using the link in my signature so we can take a closer look. You can post the ticket number here so we can update this thread with the outcome.

    Thank you.
     
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    Was any solution ever found for this?
    Seeing the same issue when trying to use the following in .htaccess files under EasyApache 4:

    Header append X-FRAME-OPTIONS "SAMEORIGIN"

    Works for .html files, but not .php scripts.
     
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    #6 DomineauX, Nov 23, 2016
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    Hello,

    Could you let us know which PHP version and handler is utilized for the accounts you are testing this with?

    Thank you.
     
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    Apache/2.4.23 prefork
    PHP 7.0.13
    CGI Handler
     
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    #8 DomineauX, Nov 23, 2016
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    This is likely due to the use of the CGI handler for PHP. You can read more about the interaction between CGI and Mod_Headers at:

    mod_headers - Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4

    Were you using CGI as the PHP handler before the conversion to EasyApache 4? If not, you should consider changing it back to the previously configured PHP handler. Information on changing the PHP handler is available at:

    PHP Handlers - EasyApache 4 - cPanel Documentation

    Let us know if this helps.

    Thank you.
     
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    It was using SuPHP on EA3.
    After switching to SuPHP, it is now working.
     
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    was any solution this problem?
    on .htaccess under EA4

    <IfModule mod_header.c>
    Header Set Cache-Control"max_age=3600"
    <IfModule>

    this is not work

    <IfModule mod_header.c>
    Header Set Cache-Control"max-age=3600"
    <IfModule>
     
    #11 asuna123, Jan 16, 2017
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    Could you let us know which PHP handler is enabled on the system?

    Thank you.
     
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    I am facing this problem still. Running the latest easyapache 4.

    I am not able to set any header for the pages created by mod_rewrite or basically php pages. Rest of the images are showing the right headers. I am using FastCGI PHP FPM. Does anyone has ever found a solution for the same?
     
    #13 yaashul, May 3, 2017
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    Hello,

    Are you able to reproduce the issue when using a non-CGI handler such as DSO or suPHP?

    Thank you.
     
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    Hi Michael. I believe I came up with an htaccess solution and wish for you to review it in case it will help others. I see your name on many posts including some of mine in the past.

    Code:
    # Redirect to https
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

# Redirect to www
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourdomain\.com [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) https://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [E=HTTPS,R=301,L]

# Security header
Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains" env=HTTPS
    The env=HTTPS environment variable wasn't working as expected. So I used the E=HTTPS flag on the www redirect to set the env=HTTPS environment variable on the next request.

    My post and discussion
    In Progress - htaccess Header Set doesn't set
     
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    #15 John Napoletano, Oct 22, 2017
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    Same problem for me, using mod_mpm_prefork. I can set headers for regular http but not https.
     
    #16 Olof, Oct 23, 2017
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    Does the thread linked in the post above yours help?

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    No.
     
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