Apache run web site as user with mod_ruid2

mod ruid2 allow you to run web site as differnt user from the one web server is running. This is helpfull when you have multiple web sites on same Apache web server.

To install mod_ruid2 on Ubuntu/Debian server, run

apt install libapache2-mod-ruid2

1	apt install libapache2-mod-ruid2

Edit VirtualHost entry for the web site, add

RMode config
RUidGid USERNAME_HERE GROUP_HERE

1 2	RMode config RUidGid USERNAME_HERE GROUP_HERE

Restart Apache

systemctl restart apache2

1	systemctl restart apache2

Now website will run as user specified in line

RUidGid USERNAME_HERE GROUP_HERE

1	RUidGid USERNAME_HERE GROUP_HERE

Example

root@create:~# cat /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/serverok.in.conf 
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName serverok.in
    ServerAdmin admin@serverok.in
    DocumentRoot /home/serverok.in/html
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/serverok.in.log combined
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/serverok.in-error.log
    <Directory "/home/serverok.in/html">
        RMode config
        RUidGid serverok serverok
        Options All
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>
root@create:~#

root@create:~# cat /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/serverok.in.conf

ServerName serverok.in

ServerAdmin admin@serverok.in

DocumentRoot /home/serverok.in/html

CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/serverok.in.log combined

ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/serverok.in-error.log

RMode config

RUidGid serverok serverok

Options All

AllowOverride All

Require all granted

Order allow,deny

allow from all

</Directory>

</VirtualHost>

root@create:~#

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