mod_swift Installation

mod_swift should install fine on pretty much any Unix system that can run Swift and Apache 2.4. Including exotic setups like Raspberry Pi systems.

We also provide a macOS Homebrew tap which makes it really easy to install mod_swift and its dependencies on macOS. We highly recommend that over a custom install.

On the Linux side we test w/ Ubuntu Trusty and Xenial, though it should work pretty much anywhere.

Install on macOS using Homebrew

Got no Homebrew? Get it!

Before you install mod_swift, we highly recommend that you install or reinstall the Homebrew Apache w/ HTTP/2 and the MPM event module:

brew tap homebrew/apache
brew reinstall httpd24 --with-mpm-event --with-http2

You can also add --with-privileged-ports if you want to use such.

Then add the mod_swift tap and install mod_swift:

brew tap modswift/mod_swift
brew install mod_swift

(yes, the account is just modswift w/o underscore due to GitHub limitations)

Install on Linux (or macOS w/o Homebrew)

On macOS: We strongly advise that you rather use Homebrew, more importantly the Apache provided by Homebrew.

Ubuntu packages required (assuming you have Swift 3 installed already), this includes the PostgreSQL and SQLite3 database adaptors, add additional ones as desired:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install \
   curl pkg-config libapr1-dev libaprutil1-dev \
   libxml2 apache2 apache2-dev \
   libnghttp2-dev \
   libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 \
   libaprutil1-dbd-pgsql

Install mod_swift:

curl -L -o mod_swift.tgz \
     https://github.com/modswift/mod_swift/archive/0.8.5.tar.gz
tar zxf mod_swift.tgz && cd mod_swift-0.8.5
make
sudo make install

That puts mod_swift into /usr/local. If you want to have it in /usr, do:

sudo make prefix=/usr install

Check whether the installation is OK

You can call swift apache validate to make sure the installation is OK:

$ swift apache validate
The Swift Apache build environment looks sound.

srcroot:   /Users/helge/dev/Swift/Apex3
module:    mods_Apex3
config:    debug
product:   /Users/helge/dev/Swift/Apex3/.build/mods_Apex3.so
apxs:      /usr/local/bin/apxs
mod_swift: /usr/local
swift:     3.1.0
cert:      self-signed-mod_swift-localhost-server.crt
http/2:    yes

Troubleshooting

If something isn't working in a Homebrew setup, check whether:

brew doctor

outputs anything unusual.

If you need any help, feel free to ask on the Mailing List or our Slack channel.