use apache base image

[sopitz]

Why does this Dockerfile install the whole apache again instead of using the apache2 image (https://github.com/docker-library/httpd/blob/01b9f786daeace767c57c82d7289f4a8490d1035/2.4/Dockerfile) as baseimage?

[yosifkit]

The httpd image is as close to how upstream recommends as possible, so it is built directly from source. But the php image uses httpd from the Debian apt repos under apache2 because that is the build that most people are used to having (a2enmod, sites-available, etc).

[ghost]

The httpd image is as close to how upstream recommends as possible, so it is built directly from source. But the php image uses httpd from the Debian apt repos under apache2 because that is the build that most people are used to having (a2enmod, sites-available, etc).

Doesn't this contradict #218 (comment)?

[yosifkit]

Nope, this image is packaging PHP, not Apache httpd. We can use httpd from Debian repos while still following upstream by compiling PHP from source.

[tianon]

Closing since this is answered. 👍