[Solved] Tommy: How to access Apache config?

[maelep]

Hello,

 

I need to access Apache configuration because I have an issue with a CMS: "the latter could be due to your web server not passing the authorization header to PHP, which might happen when using Apache & PHP FPM".

 

He said that a simple setting can change this. How can I access Apache config?

[Seekier]

He said that a simple setting can change this. How can I access Apache config?

I think you'll need a VPS to do that

[wolstech]

You can't. You're on a shared server, which means the Apache installation is used for thousands of websites, not just yours. If we allowed users access to it, your changes would affect everybody, and quite likely break other users.

 

That said, we might be able to make the needed changes for you if they won't break anything (if they break something, you would need to buy a VPS so you have an entire server to yourself). 

 

What software are you trying to use, and what isn't working?

[maelep]

You can't. You're on a shared server, which means the Apache installation is used for thousands of websites, not just yours. If we allowed users access to it, your changes would affect everybody, and quite likely break other users.

 

That said, we might be able to make the needed changes for you if they won't break anything (if they break something, you would need to buy a VPS so you have an entire server to yourself). 

 

What software are you trying to use, and what isn't working?

 

I'm using a simple website CMS, you can see it at https://rust.maelep.be and this one comes with a Rust's game plugin that link my website to my game server. Players who buy a package on my website will make my website send a command to my game server that will grant the package.

 

To make it works, I have to "sync" the plugin to my website but it doesn't seems to be possible to do that with changing a parameter in Apache. (I'm noob at this, I don't know the parameter).

 

The CMS is Ember from https://www.gmodstore.com/market/view/5620 (PAID)

The plugin is https://umod.org/plugins/ember (FREE)

 

Plugins use CSharp web request, it was working with my old web host (https://www.easyhost.be/en/) and it isn't a VPS so I supposed that changing the parameter needed will break anything.

 

I'm discussing with the developer of Ember and he said:

 

the issue is the Authorization header isn't being passed to Apache (presumably, given the token & host in your plugin configuration are correct)

pretty much the same issue as this one here

https://support.deskpro.com/en/kb/articles/missing-authorization-headers-with-apache

Edited December 19, 2020 by maelep

[wolstech]

Lets see what Krydos says about this. He's the one who would need to fix this.

[maelep]

Thank you

[Krydos]

That's not much information to go on. How about the exact error message perhaps?

[maelep]

That's not much information to go on. How about the exact error message perhaps?

The error comes from the plugin and it's a customized one ("Unauthorized") but the code code source of the plugin is:

Puts ("Checking connection to server");
config.Token = "myPrivateToken"
config.Host = "https://rust.maelep.be"
headers = new Dictionary<string, string> { { "Authorization", "Bearer " + config.Token }, { "Accept", "application/json" } };

webrequest.Enqueue (config.Host + "/api/server/connectioncheck", null, (code, response) => {
	if (code != 200 || response == null) {
		Puts ($"Connection failed. Response: {response}");
		return;
	}
	Puts ("Connection established and token validated successfully");
}, this, RequestMethod.GET, headers);

if (config.PollingInterval > 0) {
	timer.Every (config.PollingInterval, () => {
		PollUsers ();
	});
}

And the source code of "connectioncheck" of the CMS is too hard to find but I found some files that can probably help you. I sent you it in private.

 

An answer from the developer:

routes are mapped to controller methods & middleware in app/routes.php. The relevant code is in ServerTokenMiddleware. The error is thrown if a PSR-7 getHeader call doesn't return any results so the issue is quite simply the Authorization header not being present in the request sent to PHP

Edited December 20, 2020 by maelep

[Krydos]

Which version of php are you using?

[maelep]

Which version of php are you using?

The default one of your hosting, it's 7.4 I think.

 

A friend use HexaneNetworks host and it's working.

Edited December 28, 2020 by maelep

[Krydos]

We don't even offer php 7.4 yet on any of our servers. It's kind of important to know which version of php you're using because it would be a waste of time and pointless to change settings on a php version you aren't even using. You can check your php version by placing a phpinfo() file and opening it in your browser.

[maelep]

We don't even offer php 7.4 yet on any of our servers. It's kind of important to know which version of php you're using because it would be a waste of time and pointless to change settings on a php version you aren't even using. You can check your php version by placing a phpinfo() file and opening it in your browser.

It's 7.3.14: https://prnt.sc/wd00i6

Ember requirements: https://prnt.sc/wd00vu

[Krydos]

Ok, after a bit of research for you I think this is the line you need

SetEnvIf Authorization "(.*)" HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=$1

I found that line here https://ember-docs.kekalainen.me/installation/web.html#web-server-configuration

 

The SetEnvIf directive is available for use in .htaccess https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_setenvif.html#setenvif

 

So try putting that line in your .htaccess file and see if it works.

[maelep]

Ok, after a bit of research for you I think this is the line you need

SetEnvIf Authorization "(.*)" HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=$1

I found that line here https://ember-docs.kekalainen.me/installation/web.html#web-server-configuration

 

The SetEnvIf directive is available for use in .htaccess https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_setenvif.html#setenvif

 

So try putting that line in your .htaccess file and see if it works.

 

I already added that, it in htaccess that comes with Ember.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/([^.]+)\.(png|jpg|gif|css|js|otf|ico) [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !public/
RewriteRule (.*) public/$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !public/
RewriteRule ^ public/index.php [QSA,L]

SetEnvIf Authorization "(.*)" HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=$1

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