Apache as front-endfor Plone: NameVirtualHost will be removed in the next (Apache) release

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The (Plone 5) documentation about Apache as front-end Web Server for Plone tells us to add a virtual host configuration file /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/yoursite.conf containing:

NameVirtualHost *

But, when Apache is restarted, the following warning appears:

AH00548: NameVirtualHost has no effect and will be removed in the next release /etc/httpd/conf/...

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Afair you can just remove it completely.

And +1 for updating the documentation (after verifying that removing is ok).

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OK.

I opened an issue.

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@dbitouze we have had some discussion at https://github.com/plone/documentation/issues/1097 ... but let's continue here. Do you want to check if removing the NameVirtualHost line works? If so, then make a PR for the docs? Or if you figure out a better sample Apache configuration, also make a PR for the docs?

Or do you want to try using nginx instead?

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You also mentioned using https://www.mageia.org ... It doesn't mean the unified installer won't work; it means only that it wasn't tested with it. ... or did you mean the Ansible playbook?

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Do you want to check if removing the NameVirtualHost line works?

Removing it isn't worse than before: it doesn't work :wink:

Or if you figure out a better sample Apache configuration, also make a PR for the docs?

I couldn't make it work so far.

Or do you want to try using nginx instead?

I'll give it a try in the next minutes :woozy_face:

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The unified installer worked like a charm on my Linux Mageia 7 server. I meant the Ansible playbook doc stipulates:

We generally support relatively current CentOS and Debian/Ubuntu environments. Versions currently supported are Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic) LTS, 16.0.4 (Xenial) LTS, Ubuntu 15, Debian jessie, Debian stretch, and CentOS 7.

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Ah ok. As you quoted,

so it doesn't mean the playbook won't work, just that it hasn't been tested and if you run into a problem, the playbook maintainers may or may not be able to help you.

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Finally, I succeeded to make nginx work for my Plone site installed with the simple unified installer. I may consider the Ansible playbook later. Thanks!