Installation

Installation is a simple matter. The following steps can be used to install mod_snake in an Apache webserver.

1. Download either Apache 1.3.x or Apache 2.0 (version 2.0a6 has been extensively tested with mod_snake)
   1. If you are using Apache 1.3.x, run the Apache 1.3 configure script, to perform basic configuration. This sets up include files that mod_snake needs.
   2. If you are using Apache 2.0, run the Apache 2.0 configure script, and select shared library options (mod_so, etc). This may or may not link httpd with the right flags (-ldl and -export-dynamic) - if it doesn't, then you will need to hack the Apache configure script (sorry, Apache 2.0 is still alpha software)
2. Run the mod_snake configure script like:
   ./configure -with-apache=/my/apache/baseroot
   The configure script should auto-detect what version of Apache you are using, and report it.
3. Run the mod_snake 'make' command to make the library.
   1. If you are using Apache 1.3.x, a static module will be built. The mod_snake module can then be inserted into your Apache 1.3.x make by typing, 'make install' in the mod_snake directory. *WARNING* Mod_snake will currently only load as a static module in Apache 1.3.x modules. In order to build Apache with the new mod_snake module, you must add the following arguments to the Apache 1.3.x configure :
      ./configure -activate-module=src/modules/mod_snake/libmod_snake.a
   2. If you are using Apache 2.0, you should now have a new library (libmod_snake.so) sitting in your mod_snake directory. You can either leave this here, or copy it into a more conventional location, such as the Apache libexec directory.