Apache Virtual Host Generator
Generate an Apache VirtualHost for PHP through PHP-FPM, a reverse proxy or a static site, with an HTTP to HTTPS redirect and Let's Encrypt certificate paths.
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Input
Generate an Apache virtual host
Output
/etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com.conf
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Enable the modules first: a2enmod proxy_fcgi setenvif rewrite ssl headers http2, then a2ensite example.com and apachectl configtest before systemctl reload apache2. PHP through proxy_fcgi lets Apache run the event MPM instead of prefork, which mod_php requires.
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PHP-FPM instead of mod_php
mod_php embeds PHP in every Apache process and forces the prefork MPM. Handing PHP to PHP-FPM through proxy_fcgi lets Apache run the event MPM, which handles many more idle keep-alive connections with less memory, and lets PHP be restarted and tuned on its own. The mod_proxy_fcgi documentation has the details.
Enabling it
On Debian and Ubuntu, put the file in sites-available, enable the modules and the site with a2enmod and a2ensite, then run apachectl configtest before systemctl reload apache2. A reload keeps serving existing requests while it loads the new configuration.
