Re: Updating an httpd server on Amazon Linux 2 for TLSv1.3?

"E.S. Rosenberg" <[email protected]> Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:33:03 +0200
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Sorry but -
In what world is building httpd/openssl from source saner than upgrading
your distro that is going EOL in 3 month?
The distro upgrade/switch work is anyhow about to be inevitable so you may
as well start it before you are forced even more than you are now.

HTH,
Eliyahu - =D7=90=D7=9C=D7=99=D7=94=D7=95

Amazon Linux 2 is going EOL in June 2026 -
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AL2/latest/relnotes/relnotes-20251208.html

Op di 17 mrt 2026 om 00:13 schreef Frank Gingras <[email protected]>:

>
>
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 5:57=E2=80=AFPM James H. H. Lampert via users <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 5:10=E2=80=AFPM I wrote:
>> . . .
>> >> Amazon tells me that if I want openssl 1.1, I need to install it
>> >> separately. And when I did a Google search on how to switch httpd
>> >> over to a separately installed openssl 1.1, everything I got said
>> >> "compile from source."
>> >>
>> >> How on Earth would I do that, without having any development tools
>> >> on the instance?
>> >>
>> >> Can somebody point me to a path-of-least-resistance?
>>
>> And on 3/16/26 2:21 PM, Frank Gingras wrote:
>>
>> > Installing openssl 1.1 and rebuilding httpd is likely the sanest
>> > approach here.
>>
>> Thanks for getting back to me so quickly, but . . .
>>
>> Having never actually done an httpd rebuild before, I have no idea
>> whether the Amazon Linux 2 instance in question is currently capable of
>> it, or what else needs to be installed if it's not currently capable.
>>
>> --
>> James H. H. Lampert
>>
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> You likely need to install the -devel packages if the headers are not
> included in the main install base, or if the packages are stripped.
> httpd uses the configure script, which should be able to find all
> dependencies, or yell if one of them isn't met.
>
> The short answer is that you'll need apr and apr-util, as well as openssl
> headers.
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Sorry but -</div><div>In what world is building httpd=
/openssl from source saner than upgrading your distro that is going EOL in =
3 month?</div><div>The distro upgrade/switch work is anyhow about to be ine=
vitable so you may as well start it before you are forced even more than yo=
u are now.</div><div><br></div><div>HTH,</div><div>Eliyahu - =D7=90=D7=9C=
=D7=99=D7=94=D7=95</div><div><br></div><div>Amazon Linux 2 is going EOL in =
June 2026 -=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AL2/latest/relnotes=
/relnotes-20251208.html">https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AL2/latest/relnotes/re=
lnotes-20251208.html</a></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quo=
te_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">Op di 17 mrt 2026 om 00=
:13 schreef Frank Gingras &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">thumbs@a=
pache.org</a>&gt;:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"marg=
in:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1e=
x"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quot=
e"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 5:57=E2=80=
=AFPM James H. H. Lampert via users &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
e.org" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><bl=
ockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-lef=
t:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 5:10=
=E2=80=AFPM I wrote:<br>
. . .<br>
&gt;&gt; Amazon tells me that if I want openssl 1.1, I need to install it <=
br>
&gt;&gt; separately. And when I did a Google search on how to switch httpd<=
br>
&gt;&gt; over to a separately installed openssl 1.1, everything I got said<=
br>
&gt;&gt; &quot;compile from source.&quot;<br>
&gt;&gt; <br>
&gt;&gt; How on Earth would I do that, without having any development tools=
<br>
&gt;&gt; on the instance?<br>
&gt;&gt; <br>
&gt;&gt; Can somebody point me to a path-of-least-resistance?<br>
<br>
And on 3/16/26 2:21 PM, Frank Gingras wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; Installing openssl 1.1 and rebuilding httpd is likely the sanest<br>
&gt; approach here.<br>
<br>
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly, but . . .<br>
<br>
Having never actually done an httpd rebuild before, I have no idea <br>
whether the Amazon Linux 2 instance in question is currently capable of <br=
>
it, or what else needs to be installed if it&#39;s not currently capable.<b=
r>
<br>
--<br>
James H. H. Lampert<br>
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<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You likely need to install the -devel =
packages if the headers are not included in the main install base, or if th=
e packages are stripped.</div><div>httpd uses the configure script, which s=
hould be able to find all dependencies, or yell if one of them isn&#39;t me=
t.</div><div><br></div><div>The short answer is that you&#39;ll need apr an=
d apr-util, as well as openssl headers.=C2=A0</div></div></div>
</blockquote></div>

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