AEMaaCS how to use Macro in dispatcher

Question

Please guide on how to use Macro in AEMaaCS dispatcher.

In which folder we should declare Macro and how to call it in Vhost ?

We are using Multi-site setup, need multiple vhost files and how to make it generic and use Macro

https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_macro.html#use

Checked above document, but not sure how to make a complete vhost as a Macro and how to call it in enabled vhosts folder?

Can we call a Macro within a Macro?

Can we create full vhost using Macro instead of creating Macro just to include Rewrite rules?

giuseppebaglio · Accepted Answer

Apache mod_macro is fully supported in AEMasCS Dispatcher, and here you can find a good guide to walk you through: https://www.aemguide.in/?m=0

You can declare macros in the conf.d/available_vhosts folder structure. For example:

Create a dedicated macro definition file: conf.d/available_vhosts/macros.conf or conf.d/available_vhosts/vhost_macros.conf
Place individual macro definitions in this file
Include this macro file at the top of your vhost configuration files

Structure of your dispatcher configuration:

dispatcher/
├── conf.d/
│   ├── available_vhosts/
│   │   ├── macros.conf (macro definitions)
│   │   └── site_template.vhost (optional template)
│   └── enabled_vhosts/
│       ├── site1.vhost (uses macro)
│       ├── site2.vhost (uses macro)
│       └── site3.vhost (uses macro)
├── conf.dispatcher.d/
│   ├── available_farms/
│   └── enabled_farms/
│       ├── site1_farm.any
│       ├── site2_farm.any
│       └── site3_farm.any

I never tried before, but you should be able to call nested macros:

<Macro CommonRewriteRules $sitename>
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/dispatcher/invalidate.cache
  RewriteRule ^/$ /content/$sitename/home.html [PT,L]
</Macro>

<Macro FullVHost $sitename $domain $docroot>
  <VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName $domain
    DocumentRoot $docroot
    
    <Directory $docroot>
      <IfModule disp_apache2.c>
        SetHandler dispatcher-handler
      </IfModule>
    </Directory>
    
    # Call nested macro
    Use CommonRewriteRules $sitename
    
    ErrorLog logs/$sitename-error.log
  </VirtualHost>
</Macro>

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