Apache2

Apache2 is the reverse proxy that will be visible from the outside world.

This service is responsible for:

• forwarding http requests to gunicorn
• forwarding web socket requests to lava-publisher
• serving static files
• ssl termination

Command line

This service is usually only manage via systemd.

Service

The systemd service is called apache2.

Dependencies

apache2 should be able to:

• open a socket on port 80
• open a socket on port 443 (if configured)

Configuration

The apache2 configuration is split in many files.

The configuration specific to lava is stored in /etc/apache2/sites-available/lava-server.conf.

Logs

The logs for thr lava-server virtual host are stored in /var/log/apache2/lava-server.log

The log rotation is configured in /etc/logrotate.d/apache2.

Security

TODO: should activate SSL