How To Install httpd-itk on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install httpd-itk on CentOS 7.
What is httpd-itk
The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful, efficient, and extensible web server. This package contain mpm-itk which is an MPM (Multi-Processing Module) for the Apache web server. Mpm-itk allows you to run each of your vhost under a separate uid and gid — in short, the scripts and configuration files for one vhost no longer have to be readable for all the other vhosts. In summary it is Apache module (opposite CGI solutions like suexec), fast and allow safely use non-thread-aware code software (like many PHP extensions f.e.)
We can use yum or dnf to install httpd-itk on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install httpd-itk.
Install httpd-itk on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install httpd-itk using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install httpd-itk
Install httpd-itk on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install httpd-itk using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install httpd-itk
How To Uninstall httpd-itk on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the httpd-itk package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove httpd-itk
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install httpd-itk on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
