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+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+package main;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use feature qw(switch);
+use Data::Dumper;
+use Carp;
+$SIG{ __DIE__ } = sub { Carp::confess( @_ ) };
+$SIG{ __WARN__ } = sub { Carp::confess( @_ ) };
+#use File::IO;
+use Getopt::Long;
+use File::Copy qw(cp);
+use File::Temp qw(tempfile tempdir);
+use POSIX qw(strftime ceil floor abs);
+#use MIME::Base64 qw();
+use Cwd;
+$| = 1;
+
+=pod
+################################################################################
+#                                                                              #
+#  Use this script to reconfigure apache Listen directives so that it only     #
+#  listens on ports 127.0.0.1:80 and mgt_dev:80. This is to allow lanforge     #
+#  versions of nginx to listen on managed ports without conflict. Run this     #
+#  script every time you run /home/lanforge/lfconfig.                          #
+#                                                                              #
+################################################################################
+=cut
+
+our $is_fedora=0;
+our $is_centos=0;
+our $is_ubuntu=0;
+
+sub error {
+   for (@_) {
+      print STDERR "$_\n";
+   }
+}
+
+if (!-f "/etc/os-release") {
+   die("no /etc/os-release, bye.");
+}
+my @os_release_lines = `cat /etc/os-release`;
+my @os_name_lines = grep {/^NAME=/} @os_release_lines;
+die ("Unknown OS") if (@os_name_lines < 1);
+
+if ($os_name_lines[0] =~ /CentOS( Linux)?/) {
+   $is_centos = 1;
+}
+elsif ($os_name_lines[0] =~ /\bFedora\b/) {
+   $is_fedora = 1;
+}
+elsif ( $os_name_lines[0] =~ /\bUbuntu\b/) {
+   $is_ubuntu = 1;
+}
+else {
+   die("Unknown OS: $os_name_lines[0]");
+}
+
+my @new_httpconf_lines = ();
+if ((! -d "/home/lanforge") || (! -f "/home/lanforge/config.values" )) {
+   error("* Unable to find /home/lanforge/config.values. Not configuring apache.");
+   return;
+}
+my @config_values = `cat /home/lanforge/config.values`;
+my @mgt_dev_lines = grep {/^mgt_dev/} @config_values;
+if (@mgt_dev_lines != 1) {
+   error("* mgt_dev misconfigured in config.values. Not configuring apache.");
+   return;
+}
+my $mgt_dev = (split(/\s+/, $mgt_dev_lines[0]))[0];
+if (!(defined $mgt_dev) || $mgt_dev eq "") {
+   err("* Unable to find mgt_dev value. Not configuring apache.");
+   return;
+}
+
+our $new_include;
+our $httpconf;
+
+# if we have a Listen directive in apache, comment it out and create an include
+sub collectListenLines { # original httpd.conf, listen.conf
+   my $conf = shift;
+   my $new_include = shift;
+   my @httpconf_lines = `cat $conf`;
+   chomp(@httpconf_lines);
+   my @new_httpconf_lines = ();
+   my @new_listen_lines = ();
+   my @listen_lines = grep {/^Listen /} @httpconf_lines;
+   chomp(@listen_lines);
+   my @include_lines = grep {m|^Include conf/lf_listen.conf$|} @httpconf_lines;
+   chomp(@include_lines);
+
+   if (@listen_lines < 1 ) {
+      error(" * Apache misconfigured? No Listen directive and not include lf_listen.conf. Not modifying.");
+      return;
+   }
+
+   for my $line (@httpconf_lines) {
+      if ($line =~ /^Listen /) {
+         $line = "# Moved to lf_listen.conf: $line";
+         push(@listen_lines, "# $line");
+      }
+      push(@new_httpconf_lines, $line);
+   }
+} # ~collectListenLines
+
+## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ##
+##          M A I N        ##
+## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ##
+
+if ($is_fedora || $is_centos) {
+   die("* Unable to find /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf. Not configuring apache.")
+      unless( -f "/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf" );
+
+   $::new_include = "/etc/httpd/conf/lf_listen.conf";
+   $::httpconf = "/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf";
+   if (-f $new_include) {
+      print(" # lf_listen.conf already created, not creating\n");
+      exit 0;
+   }
+   collectListenLines($::httpconf, $::new_include);
+   exit 0;
+} # ~fedora
+elsif ($is_ubuntu) {
+   $::new_include = "/etc/apache2/lf_listen.conf";
+   $::httpconf = "/etc/apache2/ports.conf";
+   die("* Unable to find $::httpconf. Not configuring apache.")
+      unless ( -f $::httpconf );
+
+   collectListenLines($::httpconf, $::new_include);
+}
+else {
+   error("Configuring apache mgt port not configured on other systems.");
+   exit 1;
+}
+
+# eof
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