{"id":53735,"date":"2019-10-08T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T17:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cpanel.com\/?p=53735"},"modified":"2019-10-08T12:00:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T17:00:10","slug":"the-apache-distiller-86d-in-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/blog\/products\/the-apache-distiller-86d-in-84\/","title":{"rendered":"The Apache Distiller- 86&#8217;d in 84"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Way back in EasyApache 3, if a user wanted to make updates to their Apache configuration, they would do so by using the Apache distiller to make said changes. As you all know, we&#8217;ve moved on from EasyApache 3 to EasyApache 4 and are ever working to improve the functionality and performance of the product.&nbsp;That being said,&nbsp;we are removing the Apache distiller in cPanel &amp; WHM version 84. Let&#8217;s break this down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"TheApacheDistiller-86'din84-Whatisadistiller?\">What is a distiller?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=_-2546.html>The Apache Distiller\u00a0<\/a>was a utility built into EasyApache 3 that allows a systems administrator the ability to commit changes to the Apache configuration\u00a0by &#8220;distilling\u201d that configuration down into a complex multi-file data structure used to build preliminary templates that were then used to build final templates, ultimately rendering that data into the final configuration file.\u00a0The benefit of this function\u00a0was\u00a0that a user could commit changes to the Apache configuration without directly modifying it, thus preventing any accidental or unnecessary changes. The downside to using this distilling method is the reverse; making changes to the Apache config required using the distiller to apply changes to a template, applying said changes, then a restart of Apache.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"TheApacheDistiller-86'din84-Whyareyouremovingthedistiller?\">Why are you removing the distiller?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Now that EA4 is the standard Apache companion tool, distiller became&nbsp;irrelevant.&nbsp;While the distiller was a great tool at the time of its use, it&#8217;s now a bit cumbersome and the source of a large amount of technical debt. By removing it from the product altogether, the deployment and configuration of Apache going forward is much simpler. Making changes to legacy cPanel &amp; WHM code does not come without risks, but removing the distiller from the product is a step in the right direction for making the product more agile and versatile. Removing distiller is the last major component removal disengaging EasyApache 3 from cPanel &amp; WHM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"TheApacheDistiller-86'din84-Wouldyouliketoknowmore?\">Would you like to know more?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to discuss the Apache distiller&#8217;s deprecation, EasyApache 4, or anything else related to cPanel &amp; WHM, please join us in our&nbsp;<a href=_-323.html>Slack<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=_-38.html>Discord<\/a>&nbsp;channels or our official&nbsp;<a href=_-39.html>cPanel subreddit!<\/a>&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Way back in EasyApache 3, if a user wanted to make updates to their Apache configuration, they would do so by using the Apache distiller to make said changes. As you all know, we&#8217;ve moved on from EasyApache 3 to EasyApache 4 and are ever working to improve the functionality and performance of the product.&nbsp;That [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":65261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-products"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Apache Distiller- 86&#039;d in 84 | cPanel<\/title>\n
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