Webmaster in a Nutshell, Third Edition

The mod_so module assists in loading shared object files into the server at startup. This includes modules and other shared libraries, including Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs) and Unix .so shared libraries. See the Apache documentation for information on creating DLL modules for Windows.

LoadFile filename ...

[ server config ]

This directive loads one or more specified object libraries when the server is started. The filename can be an absolute pathname or can be relative to ServerRoot.

LoadModule module filename

[ server config ]

This directive loads the given filename as a given module, adding it to the list of active modules. For example:

LoadModule status_module mod_stat.so