Apache APR and APR-util libraries included with IBM HTTP Server

This section provides information about the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) and APR-util libraries that are included with IBM HTTP Server. IBM HTTP Server supports only the APR and APR-util libraries installed with the product. Copies of the libraries cannot be substituted.


Included APR and APR-util libraries

The APR and APR-util libraries installed with IBM HTTP Server are provided for only IBM and third-party plug-in modules loaded into IBM HTTP Server. Use of these libraries by stand-alone applications or commands, other than those provided with IBM HTTP Server, is not supported.

The following build-time features of APR and APR-util are not provided on all platforms.

  • random number support

  • native atomic operation support

  • il8n translation

  • DBD support is not provided for any platform

  • LDAP support is not provided for any platform.

The only supported APR-util library database management type is SDBM. SDBM affects the htdbm and httxt2dbm commands. It also affects the mod_authn_dbm, mod_authz_dbm, and mod_rewrite modules for DBM map files and the mod_dav module for the lock database.