diff --git a/daemon/core/services/utility.py b/daemon/core/services/utility.py
index 3649df61..6f24f58d 100644
--- a/daemon/core/services/utility.py
+++ b/daemon/core/services/utility.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # CORE
-# Copyright (c)2010-2012 the Boeing Company.
+# Copyright (c)2010-2014 the Boeing Company.
 # See the LICENSE file included in this distribution.
 #
 # author: Jeff Ahrenholz <jeffrey.m.ahrenholz@boeing.com>
@@ -394,6 +394,8 @@ class HttpService(UtilService):
     _startup = ("chown www-data /var/lock/apache2", "apache2ctl start",)
     _shutdown = ("apache2ctl stop",)
     _validate = ("pidof apache2",)
+
+    APACHEVER22, APACHEVER24 = (22, 24)
         
     @classmethod
     def generateconfig(cls, node, filename, services):
@@ -408,16 +410,55 @@ class HttpService(UtilService):
         else:
             return ""
 
+    @classmethod
+    def detectversionfromcmd(cls):
+        ''' Detect the apache2 version using the 'a2query' command.
+        '''
+        try:
+            status, result = cmdresult(['a2query', '-v'])
+        except Exception:
+            status = -1
+        if status == 0 and result[:3] == '2.4':
+            return cls.APACHEVER24
+        return cls.APACHEVER22
+
+
     @classmethod
     def generateapache2conf(cls, node, filename, services):
-        return """\
-# apache2.conf generated by utility.py:HttpService
-LockFile ${APACHE_LOCK_DIR}/accept.lock
+        lockstr = { cls.APACHEVER22: 
+                    'LockFile ${APACHE_LOCK_DIR}/accept.lock\n',
+                    cls.APACHEVER24:
+                    'Mutex file:${APACHE_LOCK_DIR} default\n', }
+        mpmstr = { cls.APACHEVER22: '', cls.APACHEVER24:
+                   'LoadModule mpm_worker_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_mpm_worker.so\n', }
+
+        permstr = { cls.APACHEVER22: 
+                    '    Order allow,deny\n    Deny from all\n    Satisfy all\n',
+                    cls.APACHEVER24:
+                    '    Require all denied\n', }
+
+        authstr = { cls.APACHEVER22: 
+                    'LoadModule authz_default_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_authz_default.so\n',
+                    cls.APACHEVER24:
+                    'LoadModule authz_core_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_authz_core.so\n', }
+
+        permstr2 = { cls.APACHEVER22: 
+		    '\t\tOrder allow,deny\n\t\tallow from all\n',
+                    cls.APACHEVER24:
+		    '\t\tRequire all granted\n', }
+
+        version = cls.detectversionfromcmd()
+        cfg ="# apache2.conf generated by utility.py:HttpService\n"
+        cfg += lockstr[version]
+        cfg += """\
 PidFile ${APACHE_PID_FILE}
 Timeout 300
 KeepAlive On
 MaxKeepAliveRequests 100
 KeepAliveTimeout 5
+"""
+        cfg += mpmstr[version]
+        cfg += """\
 
 <IfModule mpm_prefork_module>
     StartServers          5
@@ -453,9 +494,9 @@ Group ${APACHE_RUN_GROUP}
 AccessFileName .htaccess
 
 <Files ~ "^\.ht">
-    Order allow,deny
-    Deny from all
-    Satisfy all
+"""
+        cfg += permstr[version]
+        cfg += """\
 </Files>
 
 DefaultType None
@@ -469,7 +510,9 @@ LogLevel warn
 #Include mods-enabled/*.conf
 LoadModule alias_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_alias.so
 LoadModule auth_basic_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_auth_basic.so
-LoadModule authz_default_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_authz_default.so
+"""
+        cfg += authstr[version]
+        cfg += """\
 LoadModule authz_host_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_authz_host.so
 LoadModule authz_user_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_authz_user.so
 LoadModule autoindex_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_autoindex.so
@@ -506,8 +549,9 @@ TraceEnable Off
 	<Directory /var/www/>
 		Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
 		AllowOverride None
-		Order allow,deny
-		allow from all
+"""
+        cfg += permstr2[version]
+        cfg += """\
 	</Directory>
 	ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
 	LogLevel warn
@@ -515,6 +559,7 @@ TraceEnable Off
 </VirtualHost>
 
 """
+        return cfg
 
     @classmethod
     def generateenvvars(cls, node, filename, services):