How to stick my changes in httpd.conf on WHM/Cpanel/EasyApache

Question

I'm setting up a server and trying to configure the Apache. It only needs to work as a frontend to Tomcat.

To do that I added some instructions to the VirtualHost directive, using mod_proxy:

<VirtualHost *>
  ServerName myserver.domain.com
  ProxyRequests Off
  ProxyPass / http://myserver.domain.com:8080/
  ProxyPassReverse / http://myserver.domain.com:8080/    
</VirtualHost>

It works fine, and if the need comes, I´ll use mod_jk.

But, how do I do it the right way using easyapache, and stop it to always rewrite my changes.

Answer 1

You should really only use the distiller or templates if you're making changes to the server-wide configurations.

If you're making changes to individual virtual hosts, you should use their (slightly convoluted) includes system:

http://www.cpanel.net/documentation/easyapache/customdirectives.html#vhost

Answer 2

You'll need to run the EasyApache distiller. Make your changes, then run:

usr/local/cpanel/bin/apache_conf_distiller --update

Then run:

/scripts/rebuildhttpdconf

When you run this last script it will run a configuration check and rebuild httpd.conf with your changes intact (or let you know you screwed up). If you end up having/needing lots of custom things I would recommend reading up on using the vhost.local templates.