Upgrade Apache 2.2 -> 2.4

Question

We have currently installed Apache 2.2. Now, is there a Yum repository with Apache 2.4 on it?

Regards, Kevin

Answer 1

The base install of CentOS is built with the idea of stability in mind over getting the latest version. See http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General#head-472ce8446ebcfc82ca1800f775ba0e629ac835c7

For this reason, Apache 2.4 is not available via the standard yum repositories.

However, you can do a manual install (which I try to avoid), or use a repository such as the one created by Jan Kaluza that allows you to install an instance of Apache 2.4 . For more information, see http://developerblog.redhat.com/2013/10/24/apache-httpd-2-4-on-red-hat-enterprise-linux-6/

There may be some other good repositories that you could use to get a clean version of 2.4 installed but this is what I know about.