Commit e312918c authored by Stefan Fritsch's avatar Stefan Fritsch
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Reordering: 

Put related changes next to each other
Put modules that only provide services for other modules last
Try to put important changes first


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docs/manual/new_features_2_4.html.en

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<h2><a name="core" id="core">Core Enhancements</a></h2>

    

    <dl>

      <dt>KeepAliveTimeout in milliseconds</dt>

      <dd>It is now possible to specify <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#keepalivetimeout">KeepAliveTimeout</a></code> in milliseconds.

      </dd>



      <dt>Loadable MPMs</dt>

      <dd>Multiple MPMs can now be built as loadable modules at compile time.

      The MPM of choice can be configured at run time.</dd>



      <dt>Per-module and per-directory LogLevel configuration</dt>

      <dd>The <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#loglevel">LogLevel</a></code> can now be

      configured per module and per directory.  New levels <code>trace1</code>

      to <code>trace8</code> have been added above the <code>debug</code> log

      level.</dd>



      <dt>Event MPM</dt>

      <dd>The Event MPM is no longer experimental but is now fully supported.</dd>
@@ -60,6 +50,12 @@ 
      <dd>Better support for asynchronous read/write for supporting MPMs and

      platforms.</dd>



      <dt>Per-module and per-directory LogLevel configuration</dt>

      <dd>The <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#loglevel">LogLevel</a></code> can now be

      configured per module and per directory.  New levels <code>trace1</code>

      to <code>trace8</code> have been added above the <code>debug</code> log

      level.</dd>



      <dt>Per-request configuration sections</dt>

      <dd><code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#if">&lt;If&gt;</a></code>,

          <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#elseif">&lt;ElseIf&gt;</a></code>,
@@ -78,9 +74,9 @@ 
          and others.

      </dd>



      <dt>Reduced memory usage</dt>

      <dd>Despite many new features, 2.4.x tends to use less memory than

      2.2.x.</dd>

      <dt>KeepAliveTimeout in milliseconds</dt>

      <dd>It is now possible to specify <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#keepalivetimeout">KeepAliveTimeout</a></code> in milliseconds.

      </dd>



      <dt>NameVirtualHost directive</dt>

      <dd>No longer needed and is now deprecated.</dd>
@@ -90,76 +86,47 @@ 
          directive allows more fine grained control which directives are

          allowed in <code>.htaccess</code> files. </dd>



      <dt>Config file variable</dt>

      <dt>Config file variables</dt>

      <dd>It is now possible to <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#define">Define</a></code>

          variables in the configuration, allowing a clearer representation

          if the same value is used at many places in the configuration.

      </dd>



      <dt>Reduced memory usage</dt>

      <dd>Despite many new features, 2.4.x tends to use less memory than

      2.2.x.</dd>



    </dl>

  </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="./images/up.gif" /></a></div>

<div class="section">

<h2><a name="newmods" id="newmods">New Modules</a></h2>

    

    <dl>

      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_allowmethods.html">mod_allowmethods</a></code></dt>

      <dd>New module to restrict certain HTTP methods without interfering with

      authentication or authorization.</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_buffer.html">mod_buffer</a></code></dt>

      <dd>Provides for buffering the input and output filter stacks</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_data.html">mod_data</a></code></dt>

      <dd>Convert response body into an RFC2397 data URL</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_lua.html">mod_lua</a></code></dt>

      <dd>Embeds the <a href="http://www.lua.org/">Lua</a> language into httpd,

      for configuration and small business logic functions. (Experimental)</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy_express.html">mod_proxy_express</a></code></dt>

      <dd>Provides dynamically configured mass reverse proxies for <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code></dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy_fcgi.html">mod_proxy_fcgi</a></code></dt>

      <dd>FastCGI Protocol backend for <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code></dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy_scgi.html">mod_proxy_scgi</a></code></dt>

      <dd>SCGI Protocol backend for <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code></dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_ratelimit.html">mod_ratelimit</a></code></dt>

      <dd>Provides Bandwidth Rate Limiting for Clients</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_reflector.html">mod_reflector</a></code></dt>

      <dd>Provides Reflection of a request body as a response via the output filter stack.</dd>

      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy_express.html">mod_proxy_express</a></code></dt>

      <dd>Provides dynamically configured mass reverse proxies for

      <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code></dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_remoteip.html">mod_remoteip</a></code></dt>

      <dd>Replaces the apparent client remote IP address and hostname for the request

      with the IP address list presented by a proxies or a load balancer via

      the request headers.</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_request.html">mod_request</a></code></dt>

      <dd>Provides Filters to handle and make available HTTP request bodies</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_slotmem_shm.html">mod_slotmem_shm</a></code></dt>

      <dd>Provides a Slot-based shared memory provider (ala the scoreboard).</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_log_debug.html">mod_log_debug</a></code></dt>

      <dd>Allows to add customizable debug logging at different phases of the

      request processing.</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_xml2enc.html">mod_xml2enc</a></code></dt>

      <dd>Formerly a third-party module, this supports internationalisation

      in libxml2-based (markup-aware) filter modules.</dd>

      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_heartmonitor.html">mod_heartmonitor</a></code>,

          <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_lbmethod_heartbeat.html">mod_lbmethod_heartbeat</a></code></dt>

      <dd>Allow <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy_balancer.html">mod_proxy_balancer</a></code> to base loadbalancing decisions

      on the number of active connections on the backend servers.</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy_html.html">mod_proxy_html</a></code></dt>

      <dd>Formerly a third-party module, this supports fixing of HTML

      links in a reverse proxy situation, where the backend generates

      URLs that are not valid for the proxy's clients.</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_heartmonitor.html">mod_heartmonitor</a></code>,

          <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_lbmethod_heartbeat.html">mod_lbmethod_heartbeat</a></code></dt>

      <dd>Allow <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy_balancer.html">mod_proxy_balancer</a></code> to base loadbalancing decisions

      on the number of active connections on the backend servers.</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_sed.html">mod_sed</a></code></dt>

      <dd>An advanced replacement of <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_substitute.html">mod_substitute</a></code>, allows

      to edit the response body with the full power of sed.</dd>
@@ -171,6 +138,40 @@ 
      <dd>Allows to keep session state for clients, using cookie or

      database storage.</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_allowmethods.html">mod_allowmethods</a></code></dt>

      <dd>New module to restrict certain HTTP methods without interfering with

      authentication or authorization.</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_lua.html">mod_lua</a></code></dt>

      <dd>Embeds the <a href="http://www.lua.org/">Lua</a> language into httpd,

      for configuration and small business logic functions. (Experimental)</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_log_debug.html">mod_log_debug</a></code></dt>

      <dd>Allows to add customizable debug logging at different phases of the

      request processing.</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_buffer.html">mod_buffer</a></code></dt>

      <dd>Provides for buffering the input and output filter stacks</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_data.html">mod_data</a></code></dt>

      <dd>Convert response body into an RFC2397 data URL</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_ratelimit.html">mod_ratelimit</a></code></dt>

      <dd>Provides Bandwidth Rate Limiting for Clients</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_request.html">mod_request</a></code></dt>

      <dd>Provides Filters to handle and make available HTTP request bodies</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_reflector.html">mod_reflector</a></code></dt>

      <dd>Provides Reflection of a request body as a response via the output filter stack.</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_slotmem_shm.html">mod_slotmem_shm</a></code></dt>

      <dd>Provides a Slot-based shared memory provider (ala the scoreboard).</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_xml2enc.html">mod_xml2enc</a></code></dt>

      <dd>Formerly a third-party module, this supports internationalisation

      in libxml2-based (markup-aware) filter modules.</dd>



    </dl>

  </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="./images/up.gif" /></a></div>

<div class="section">
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          and the related container directives, such as

          <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mod_authz_core.html#requireall">&lt;RequireAll&gt;</a></code>.</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_info.html">mod_info</a></code></dt>

      <dd><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_info.html">mod_info</a></code> can now dump the pre-parsed configuration

          to stdout during server startup.</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code></dt>

      <dd><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> adds the <code>[QSD]</code>

          (Query String Discard) and <code>[END]</code> flags for
@@ -279,6 +276,11 @@ 
          <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mod_ldap.html#ldaplibrarydebug">LDAPLibraryDebug</a></code> to log

          debug information provided by the used LDAP toolkit.</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_info.html">mod_info</a></code></dt>

      <dd><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_info.html">mod_info</a></code> can now dump the pre-parsed configuration

          to stdout during server startup.</dd>





    </dl>

  </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="./images/up.gif" /></a></div>

<div class="section">

docs/manual/new_features_2_4.xml

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  <section id="core">

    <title>Core Enhancements</title>

    <dl>

      <dt>KeepAliveTimeout in milliseconds</dt>

      <dd>It is now possible to specify <directive module="core"

      >KeepAliveTimeout</directive> in milliseconds.

      </dd>



      <dt>Loadable MPMs</dt>

      <dd>Multiple MPMs can now be built as loadable modules at compile time.

      The MPM of choice can be configured at run time.</dd>



      <dt>Per-module and per-directory LogLevel configuration</dt>

      <dd>The <directive module="core">LogLevel</directive> can now be

      configured per module and per directory.  New levels <code>trace1</code>

      to <code>trace8</code> have been added above the <code>debug</code> log

      level.</dd>



      <dt>Event MPM</dt>

      <dd>The Event MPM is no longer experimental but is now fully supported.</dd>
@@ -56,6 +45,12 @@ 
      <dd>Better support for asynchronous read/write for supporting MPMs and

      platforms.</dd>



      <dt>Per-module and per-directory LogLevel configuration</dt>

      <dd>The <directive module="core">LogLevel</directive> can now be

      configured per module and per directory.  New levels <code>trace1</code>

      to <code>trace8</code> have been added above the <code>debug</code> log

      level.</dd>



      <dt>Per-request configuration sections</dt>

      <dd><directive module="core" type="section">If</directive>,

          <directive module="core" type="section">ElseIf</directive>,
@@ -74,9 +69,10 @@ 
          and others.

      </dd>



      <dt>Reduced memory usage</dt>

      <dd>Despite many new features, 2.4.x tends to use less memory than

      2.2.x.</dd>

      <dt>KeepAliveTimeout in milliseconds</dt>

      <dd>It is now possible to specify <directive module="core"

      >KeepAliveTimeout</directive> in milliseconds.

      </dd>



      <dt>NameVirtualHost directive</dt>

      <dd>No longer needed and is now deprecated.</dd>
@@ -86,76 +82,47 @@ 
          directive allows more fine grained control which directives are

          allowed in <code>.htaccess</code> files. </dd>



      <dt>Config file variable</dt>

      <dt>Config file variables</dt>

      <dd>It is now possible to <directive module="core">Define</directive>

          variables in the configuration, allowing a clearer representation

          if the same value is used at many places in the configuration.

      </dd>



      <dt>Reduced memory usage</dt>

      <dd>Despite many new features, 2.4.x tends to use less memory than

      2.2.x.</dd>



    </dl>

  </section>



  <section id="newmods">

    <title>New Modules</title>

    <dl>

      <dt><module>mod_allowmethods</module></dt>

      <dd>New module to restrict certain HTTP methods without interfering with

      authentication or authorization.</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_buffer</module></dt>

      <dd>Provides for buffering the input and output filter stacks</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_data</module></dt>

      <dd>Convert response body into an RFC2397 data URL</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_lua</module></dt>

      <dd>Embeds the <a href="http://www.lua.org/">Lua</a> language into httpd,

      for configuration and small business logic functions. (Experimental)</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_proxy_express</module></dt>

      <dd>Provides dynamically configured mass reverse proxies for <module>mod_proxy</module></dd>



      <dt><module>mod_proxy_fcgi</module></dt>

      <dd>FastCGI Protocol backend for <module>mod_proxy</module></dd>



      <dt><module>mod_proxy_scgi</module></dt>

      <dd>SCGI Protocol backend for <module>mod_proxy</module></dd>



      <dt><module>mod_ratelimit</module></dt>

      <dd>Provides Bandwidth Rate Limiting for Clients</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_reflector</module></dt>

      <dd>Provides Reflection of a request body as a response via the output filter stack.</dd>

      <dt><module>mod_proxy_express</module></dt>

      <dd>Provides dynamically configured mass reverse proxies for

      <module>mod_proxy</module></dd>



      <dt><module>mod_remoteip</module></dt>

      <dd>Replaces the apparent client remote IP address and hostname for the request

      with the IP address list presented by a proxies or a load balancer via

      the request headers.</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_request</module></dt>

      <dd>Provides Filters to handle and make available HTTP request bodies</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_slotmem_shm</module></dt>

      <dd>Provides a Slot-based shared memory provider (ala the scoreboard).</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_log_debug</module></dt>

      <dd>Allows to add customizable debug logging at different phases of the

      request processing.</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_xml2enc</module></dt>

      <dd>Formerly a third-party module, this supports internationalisation

      in libxml2-based (markup-aware) filter modules.</dd>

      <dt><module>mod_heartmonitor</module>,

          <module>mod_lbmethod_heartbeat</module></dt>

      <dd>Allow <module>mod_proxy_balancer</module> to base loadbalancing decisions

      on the number of active connections on the backend servers.</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_proxy_html</module></dt>

      <dd>Formerly a third-party module, this supports fixing of HTML

      links in a reverse proxy situation, where the backend generates

      URLs that are not valid for the proxy's clients.</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_heartmonitor</module>,

          <module>mod_lbmethod_heartbeat</module></dt>

      <dd>Allow <module>mod_proxy_balancer</module> to base loadbalancing decisions

      on the number of active connections on the backend servers.</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_sed</module></dt>

      <dd>An advanced replacement of <module>mod_substitute</module>, allows

      to edit the response body with the full power of sed.</dd>
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      <dd>Allows to keep session state for clients, using cookie or

      database storage.</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_allowmethods</module></dt>

      <dd>New module to restrict certain HTTP methods without interfering with

      authentication or authorization.</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_lua</module></dt>

      <dd>Embeds the <a href="http://www.lua.org/">Lua</a> language into httpd,

      for configuration and small business logic functions. (Experimental)</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_log_debug</module></dt>

      <dd>Allows to add customizable debug logging at different phases of the

      request processing.</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_buffer</module></dt>

      <dd>Provides for buffering the input and output filter stacks</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_data</module></dt>

      <dd>Convert response body into an RFC2397 data URL</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_ratelimit</module></dt>

      <dd>Provides Bandwidth Rate Limiting for Clients</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_request</module></dt>

      <dd>Provides Filters to handle and make available HTTP request bodies</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_reflector</module></dt>

      <dd>Provides Reflection of a request body as a response via the output filter stack.</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_slotmem_shm</module></dt>

      <dd>Provides a Slot-based shared memory provider (ala the scoreboard).</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_xml2enc</module></dt>

      <dd>Formerly a third-party module, this supports internationalisation

      in libxml2-based (markup-aware) filter modules.</dd>



    </dl>

  </section>
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          <directive module="mod_authz_core"

          type="section">RequireAll</directive>.</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_info</module></dt>

      <dd><module>mod_info</module> can now dump the pre-parsed configuration

          to stdout during server startup.</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_rewrite</module></dt>

      <dd><module>mod_rewrite</module> adds the <code>[QSD]</code>

          (Query String Discard) and <code>[END]</code> flags for
@@ -278,6 +275,11 @@ 
          <directive module="mod_ldap">LDAPLibraryDebug</directive> to log

          debug information provided by the used LDAP toolkit.</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_info</module></dt>

      <dd><module>mod_info</module> can now dump the pre-parsed configuration

          to stdout during server startup.</dd>





    </dl>

  </section>

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