Thanks for the feedback and the crosspost. I think it would be great to offer peeps that already link serf into their server to avoid an additional dependency.
Regarding Apache infrastructure use: Would you prefer that the server gracefully restarts itself (when needed, at a time interval configured?) or is this something where you prefer outside control anyway and maybe a callable script that notifies/mails an admin? -Stefan > Am 14.08.2017 um 07:43 schrieb Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com>: > > [cc: serf] > > On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 3:41 AM, Stefan Eissing > <stefan.eiss...@greenbytes.de> wrote: > >... > If you're looking at this anyway, how hard would it be for someone > knowledgeable to make a md_serf.c as alternative to md_curl.c? ^^ > > Should be pretty easy, I think. Looking at serf_get.c will give somebody an > easy path to build the alternative: > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/serf/trunk/test/serf_get.c > > There is a lot of stuff in there that isn't applicable, so the core should be > quite small/easy. And it uses APR pools (and whatnot), so the impedance > should be very low. > > While I'm busy over in Infra-land, there are other Serf people here and happy > to help. I'll certainly throw in on some reviews, if/when I see the commits. > > And from ASF/Infra side: we'd love to see this code hit a release soon. We've > been very hesitant to use LE in our deployments because the httpd and puppet > config/scripts are quite rough. It doesn't "Just Work". This would go a long > ways towards solving numerous certificate-related issues for us. > > Thanks, > -g >