Case-insensitive file system for production server?
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The initial situation looks like this:
- The corporate software is PHP-based.
- It is delivered by Apache 2 on a Windows 2003 Server.
- It is big.
- It is a legacy of rather unprofessional developers who did not mind about case sensitivity or directory separators.
The desired situation looks like that:
- Everything migrated to Apache 2 under a Linux distribution of yet undecided flavor.
Problem:
- Endless tons of code without any caring about the case-sensitivity or directory separator character.
I did some research already, but unfortunately did not find anything which would be suitable also for a production environment. CIOPFS looks nice but is explicitly meant not to be used on production systems. Would you think mod_spelling for Apache would be an option? The yet unresolved question for me is, if PHP accesses files with help of that module or directly (which would make it useless).
Should we swallow the bitter pill and go through all the code? We would like to avoid that, as we will replace the current software environment piece by piece with new build stuff (in long term).
filesystems php apache-httpd migration case-sensitivity
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The initial situation looks like this:
- The corporate software is PHP-based.
- It is delivered by Apache 2 on a Windows 2003 Server.
- It is big.
- It is a legacy of rather unprofessional developers who did not mind about case sensitivity or directory separators.
The desired situation looks like that:
- Everything migrated to Apache 2 under a Linux distribution of yet undecided flavor.
Problem:
- Endless tons of code without any caring about the case-sensitivity or directory separator character.
I did some research already, but unfortunately did not find anything which would be suitable also for a production environment. CIOPFS looks nice but is explicitly meant not to be used on production systems. Would you think mod_spelling for Apache would be an option? The yet unresolved question for me is, if PHP accesses files with help of that module or directly (which would make it useless).
Should we swallow the bitter pill and go through all the code? We would like to avoid that, as we will replace the current software environment piece by piece with new build stuff (in long term).
filesystems php apache-httpd migration case-sensitivity
edited May 13 '16 at 6:32
Jeff Schaller
38.1k1053124
asked Feb 23 '12 at 9:35
Peter Thomas Horn
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Another possibility could be to create some kind of proxy (mod_rewrite) for the legacy application (residing in the old setup) via the new server, replacing the parts this way...maybe.
– sr_
Feb 23 '12 at 11:30
Host it under OS X instead of Linux...you still get your unix environment, but you also get a case insensitive filesystem out of the box.
– larsks
Feb 23 '12 at 12:40
@sr_ That could do the job. But as we are running an large online shop system which causes enough traffic already as it is, it would at least double it (does not matter if network internal or external). As far as I understand.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 23 '12 at 15:54
@larsks Even though I encourage OS X for business, I do not think anymore that it has future as a webserver for large scale. Also our company is encouraging the use of open source software and strives to remain as platform independent as possible.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 23 '12 at 15:54
Just an update: apache modules are sadly not doing the job as the only get invoked in case of HTTP requests, PHP's include function for example accesses the files directly. I'll try out the samba approach mentioned below now.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 27 '12 at 8:36
|
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up vote
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up vote
9
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The initial situation looks like this:
- The corporate software is PHP-based.
- It is delivered by Apache 2 on a Windows 2003 Server.
- It is big.
- It is a legacy of rather unprofessional developers who did not mind about case sensitivity or directory separators.
The desired situation looks like that:
- Everything migrated to Apache 2 under a Linux distribution of yet undecided flavor.
Problem:
- Endless tons of code without any caring about the case-sensitivity or directory separator character.
I did some research already, but unfortunately did not find anything which would be suitable also for a production environment. CIOPFS looks nice but is explicitly meant not to be used on production systems. Would you think mod_spelling for Apache would be an option? The yet unresolved question for me is, if PHP accesses files with help of that module or directly (which would make it useless).
Should we swallow the bitter pill and go through all the code? We would like to avoid that, as we will replace the current software environment piece by piece with new build stuff (in long term).
filesystems php apache-httpd migration case-sensitivity
edited May 13 '16 at 6:32
Jeff Schaller
38.1k1053124
asked Feb 23 '12 at 9:35
Peter Thomas Horn
178126
The initial situation looks like this:
- The corporate software is PHP-based.
- It is delivered by Apache 2 on a Windows 2003 Server.
- It is big.
- It is a legacy of rather unprofessional developers who did not mind about case sensitivity or directory separators.
The desired situation looks like that:
- Everything migrated to Apache 2 under a Linux distribution of yet undecided flavor.
Problem:
- Endless tons of code without any caring about the case-sensitivity or directory separator character.
I did some research already, but unfortunately did not find anything which would be suitable also for a production environment. CIOPFS looks nice but is explicitly meant not to be used on production systems. Would you think mod_spelling for Apache would be an option? The yet unresolved question for me is, if PHP accesses files with help of that module or directly (which would make it useless).
Should we swallow the bitter pill and go through all the code? We would like to avoid that, as we will replace the current software environment piece by piece with new build stuff (in long term).
filesystems php apache-httpd migration case-sensitivity
filesystems php apache-httpd migration case-sensitivity
edited May 13 '16 at 6:32
Jeff Schaller
38.1k1053124
asked Feb 23 '12 at 9:35
Peter Thomas Horn
178126
edited May 13 '16 at 6:32
Jeff Schaller
38.1k1053124
asked Feb 23 '12 at 9:35
Peter Thomas Horn
178126
edited May 13 '16 at 6:32
Jeff Schaller
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edited May 13 '16 at 6:32
Jeff Schaller
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edited May 13 '16 at 6:32
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Another possibility could be to create some kind of proxy (mod_rewrite) for the legacy application (residing in the old setup) via the new server, replacing the parts this way...maybe.
– sr_
Feb 23 '12 at 11:30
Host it under OS X instead of Linux...you still get your unix environment, but you also get a case insensitive filesystem out of the box.
– larsks
Feb 23 '12 at 12:40
@sr_ That could do the job. But as we are running an large online shop system which causes enough traffic already as it is, it would at least double it (does not matter if network internal or external). As far as I understand.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 23 '12 at 15:54
@larsks Even though I encourage OS X for business, I do not think anymore that it has future as a webserver for large scale. Also our company is encouraging the use of open source software and strives to remain as platform independent as possible.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 23 '12 at 15:54
Just an update: apache modules are sadly not doing the job as the only get invoked in case of HTTP requests, PHP's include function for example accesses the files directly. I'll try out the samba approach mentioned below now.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 27 '12 at 8:36
|
show 2 more comments
Another possibility could be to create some kind of proxy (mod_rewrite) for the legacy application (residing in the old setup) via the new server, replacing the parts this way...maybe.
– sr_
Feb 23 '12 at 11:30
Host it under OS X instead of Linux...you still get your unix environment, but you also get a case insensitive filesystem out of the box.
– larsks
Feb 23 '12 at 12:40
@sr_ That could do the job. But as we are running an large online shop system which causes enough traffic already as it is, it would at least double it (does not matter if network internal or external). As far as I understand.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 23 '12 at 15:54
@larsks Even though I encourage OS X for business, I do not think anymore that it has future as a webserver for large scale. Also our company is encouraging the use of open source software and strives to remain as platform independent as possible.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 23 '12 at 15:54
Just an update: apache modules are sadly not doing the job as the only get invoked in case of HTTP requests, PHP's include function for example accesses the files directly. I'll try out the samba approach mentioned below now.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 27 '12 at 8:36
Another possibility could be to create some kind of proxy (
mod_rewrite) for the legacy application (residing in the old setup) via the new server, replacing the parts this way...maybe.– sr_
Feb 23 '12 at 11:30
Another possibility could be to create some kind of proxy (
mod_rewrite) for the legacy application (residing in the old setup) via the new server, replacing the parts this way...maybe.– sr_
Feb 23 '12 at 11:30
Host it under OS X instead of Linux...you still get your unix environment, but you also get a case insensitive filesystem out of the box.
– larsks
Feb 23 '12 at 12:40
Host it under OS X instead of Linux...you still get your unix environment, but you also get a case insensitive filesystem out of the box.
– larsks
Feb 23 '12 at 12:40
@sr_ That could do the job. But as we are running an large online shop system which causes enough traffic already as it is, it would at least double it (does not matter if network internal or external). As far as I understand.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 23 '12 at 15:54
@sr_ That could do the job. But as we are running an large online shop system which causes enough traffic already as it is, it would at least double it (does not matter if network internal or external). As far as I understand.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 23 '12 at 15:54
@larsks Even though I encourage OS X for business, I do not think anymore that it has future as a webserver for large scale. Also our company is encouraging the use of open source software and strives to remain as platform independent as possible.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 23 '12 at 15:54
@larsks Even though I encourage OS X for business, I do not think anymore that it has future as a webserver for large scale. Also our company is encouraging the use of open source software and strives to remain as platform independent as possible.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 23 '12 at 15:54
Just an update: apache modules are sadly not doing the job as the only get invoked in case of HTTP requests, PHP's include function for example accesses the files directly. I'll try out the samba approach mentioned below now.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 27 '12 at 8:36
Just an update: apache modules are sadly not doing the job as the only get invoked in case of HTTP requests, PHP's include function for example accesses the files directly. I'll try out the samba approach mentioned below now.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 27 '12 at 8:36
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You can use Samba to share a local filesystem in a case insensitive manner...this article has some details.
answered Feb 23 '12 at 12:53
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This is completely insane, but IMO the least insane of all other options.
– jgoldschrafe
Feb 23 '12 at 14:26
@larsks Thank you, I will take a deeper look into it and will try out how it works.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 23 '12 at 15:55
@larsks Even though I followed the article and tried out some variations, it sadly did not work for us. Thank you though. We ended up deciding to rewrite all the stuff which does not in case sensitive file system as other alternatives seem to take too much time.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 28 '12 at 8:13
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Just see my post here on ubuntuforums:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1497253
Create a virtual disk
dd if=/dev/zero of=virtual.dsk bs=1048576 count=150
Format it
mkfs.vfat virtual.dsk
Mount it
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/vfat
sudo mount virtual.dsk /mnt/vfat -t vfat -o loop
PS: Permanently mount:
/path/to/virtual.dsk /mnt/vfat vfat loop,owner,group,umask=000 0 0
Along with additional information here:
http://fatter-keine.dk/helptipsguides/ubuntu/understanding_fstab.html
answered May 22 '12 at 5:45
Quandary
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Both ZFS and JFS can be configured to be case insensitive:
zfs create -o casesensitivity=insensitive filesystem
jfs_mkfs -O /dev/sdax
answered May 22 '12 at 7:36
jlliagre
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Write your own fuse-wrapper that does case-insensitivity over any other fs? With some python code this could be done quick.
answered Feb 23 '12 at 16:16
Leon
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You can use Samba to share a local filesystem in a case insensitive manner...this article has some details.
answered Feb 23 '12 at 12:53
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This is completely insane, but IMO the least insane of all other options.
– jgoldschrafe
Feb 23 '12 at 14:26
@larsks Thank you, I will take a deeper look into it and will try out how it works.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 23 '12 at 15:55
@larsks Even though I followed the article and tried out some variations, it sadly did not work for us. Thank you though. We ended up deciding to rewrite all the stuff which does not in case sensitive file system as other alternatives seem to take too much time.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 28 '12 at 8:13
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up vote
2
down vote
You can use Samba to share a local filesystem in a case insensitive manner...this article has some details.
answered Feb 23 '12 at 12:53
larsks
10.6k32739
2
This is completely insane, but IMO the least insane of all other options.
– jgoldschrafe
Feb 23 '12 at 14:26
@larsks Thank you, I will take a deeper look into it and will try out how it works.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 23 '12 at 15:55
@larsks Even though I followed the article and tried out some variations, it sadly did not work for us. Thank you though. We ended up deciding to rewrite all the stuff which does not in case sensitive file system as other alternatives seem to take too much time.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 28 '12 at 8:13
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
You can use Samba to share a local filesystem in a case insensitive manner...this article has some details.
answered Feb 23 '12 at 12:53
larsks
10.6k32739
You can use Samba to share a local filesystem in a case insensitive manner...this article has some details.
answered Feb 23 '12 at 12:53
larsks
10.6k32739
answered Feb 23 '12 at 12:53
larsks
10.6k32739
answered Feb 23 '12 at 12:53
larsks
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answered Feb 23 '12 at 12:53
larsks
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10.6k32739
2
This is completely insane, but IMO the least insane of all other options.
– jgoldschrafe
Feb 23 '12 at 14:26
@larsks Thank you, I will take a deeper look into it and will try out how it works.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 23 '12 at 15:55
@larsks Even though I followed the article and tried out some variations, it sadly did not work for us. Thank you though. We ended up deciding to rewrite all the stuff which does not in case sensitive file system as other alternatives seem to take too much time.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 28 '12 at 8:13
add a comment |
2
This is completely insane, but IMO the least insane of all other options.
– jgoldschrafe
Feb 23 '12 at 14:26
@larsks Thank you, I will take a deeper look into it and will try out how it works.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 23 '12 at 15:55
@larsks Even though I followed the article and tried out some variations, it sadly did not work for us. Thank you though. We ended up deciding to rewrite all the stuff which does not in case sensitive file system as other alternatives seem to take too much time.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 28 '12 at 8:13
2
2
This is completely insane, but IMO the least insane of all other options.
– jgoldschrafe
Feb 23 '12 at 14:26
This is completely insane, but IMO the least insane of all other options.
– jgoldschrafe
Feb 23 '12 at 14:26
@larsks Thank you, I will take a deeper look into it and will try out how it works.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 23 '12 at 15:55
@larsks Thank you, I will take a deeper look into it and will try out how it works.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 23 '12 at 15:55
@larsks Even though I followed the article and tried out some variations, it sadly did not work for us. Thank you though. We ended up deciding to rewrite all the stuff which does not in case sensitive file system as other alternatives seem to take too much time.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 28 '12 at 8:13
@larsks Even though I followed the article and tried out some variations, it sadly did not work for us. Thank you though. We ended up deciding to rewrite all the stuff which does not in case sensitive file system as other alternatives seem to take too much time.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 28 '12 at 8:13
add a comment |
up vote
2
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Just see my post here on ubuntuforums:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1497253
Create a virtual disk
dd if=/dev/zero of=virtual.dsk bs=1048576 count=150
Format it
mkfs.vfat virtual.dsk
Mount it
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/vfat
sudo mount virtual.dsk /mnt/vfat -t vfat -o loop
PS: Permanently mount:
/path/to/virtual.dsk /mnt/vfat vfat loop,owner,group,umask=000 0 0
Along with additional information here:
http://fatter-keine.dk/helptipsguides/ubuntu/understanding_fstab.html
answered May 22 '12 at 5:45
Quandary
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up vote
2
down vote
Just see my post here on ubuntuforums:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1497253
Create a virtual disk
dd if=/dev/zero of=virtual.dsk bs=1048576 count=150
Format it
mkfs.vfat virtual.dsk
Mount it
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/vfat
sudo mount virtual.dsk /mnt/vfat -t vfat -o loop
PS: Permanently mount:
/path/to/virtual.dsk /mnt/vfat vfat loop,owner,group,umask=000 0 0
Along with additional information here:
http://fatter-keine.dk/helptipsguides/ubuntu/understanding_fstab.html
answered May 22 '12 at 5:45
Quandary
48638
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
Just see my post here on ubuntuforums:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1497253
Create a virtual disk
dd if=/dev/zero of=virtual.dsk bs=1048576 count=150
Format it
mkfs.vfat virtual.dsk
Mount it
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/vfat
sudo mount virtual.dsk /mnt/vfat -t vfat -o loop
PS: Permanently mount:
/path/to/virtual.dsk /mnt/vfat vfat loop,owner,group,umask=000 0 0
Along with additional information here:
http://fatter-keine.dk/helptipsguides/ubuntu/understanding_fstab.html
answered May 22 '12 at 5:45
Quandary
48638
Just see my post here on ubuntuforums:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1497253
Create a virtual disk
dd if=/dev/zero of=virtual.dsk bs=1048576 count=150
Format it
mkfs.vfat virtual.dsk
Mount it
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/vfat
sudo mount virtual.dsk /mnt/vfat -t vfat -o loop
PS: Permanently mount:
/path/to/virtual.dsk /mnt/vfat vfat loop,owner,group,umask=000 0 0
Along with additional information here:
http://fatter-keine.dk/helptipsguides/ubuntu/understanding_fstab.html
answered May 22 '12 at 5:45
Quandary
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answered May 22 '12 at 5:45
Quandary
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Quandary
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answered May 22 '12 at 5:45
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Both ZFS and JFS can be configured to be case insensitive:
zfs create -o casesensitivity=insensitive filesystem
jfs_mkfs -O /dev/sdax
answered May 22 '12 at 7:36
jlliagre
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up vote
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Both ZFS and JFS can be configured to be case insensitive:
zfs create -o casesensitivity=insensitive filesystem
jfs_mkfs -O /dev/sdax
answered May 22 '12 at 7:36
jlliagre
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up vote
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up vote
2
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Both ZFS and JFS can be configured to be case insensitive:
zfs create -o casesensitivity=insensitive filesystem
jfs_mkfs -O /dev/sdax
answered May 22 '12 at 7:36
jlliagre
46.3k783132
Both ZFS and JFS can be configured to be case insensitive:
zfs create -o casesensitivity=insensitive filesystem
jfs_mkfs -O /dev/sdax
answered May 22 '12 at 7:36
jlliagre
46.3k783132
answered May 22 '12 at 7:36
jlliagre
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Write your own fuse-wrapper that does case-insensitivity over any other fs? With some python code this could be done quick.
answered Feb 23 '12 at 16:16
Leon
12818
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up vote
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Write your own fuse-wrapper that does case-insensitivity over any other fs? With some python code this could be done quick.
answered Feb 23 '12 at 16:16
Leon
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Write your own fuse-wrapper that does case-insensitivity over any other fs? With some python code this could be done quick.
answered Feb 23 '12 at 16:16
Leon
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Write your own fuse-wrapper that does case-insensitivity over any other fs? With some python code this could be done quick.
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answered Feb 23 '12 at 16:16
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Another possibility could be to create some kind of proxy (
mod_rewrite) for the legacy application (residing in the old setup) via the new server, replacing the parts this way...maybe.– sr_
Feb 23 '12 at 11:30
Host it under OS X instead of Linux...you still get your unix environment, but you also get a case insensitive filesystem out of the box.
– larsks
Feb 23 '12 at 12:40
@sr_ That could do the job. But as we are running an large online shop system which causes enough traffic already as it is, it would at least double it (does not matter if network internal or external). As far as I understand.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 23 '12 at 15:54
@larsks Even though I encourage OS X for business, I do not think anymore that it has future as a webserver for large scale. Also our company is encouraging the use of open source software and strives to remain as platform independent as possible.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 23 '12 at 15:54
Just an update: apache modules are sadly not doing the job as the only get invoked in case of HTTP requests, PHP's include function for example accesses the files directly. I'll try out the samba approach mentioned below now.
– Peter Thomas Horn
Feb 27 '12 at 8:36