diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/apache-mod/apache-websocket_git.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/apache-mod/apache-websocket_git.bb
index 884d467..0407886 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/apache-mod/apache-websocket_git.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/apache-mod/apache-websocket_git.bb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 # Original (github.com/disconnect/apache-websocket) is dead since 2012, the
 # fork contains patches from the modules ML and fixes CVE compliance issues
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/jchampio/apache-websocket.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/jchampio/apache-websocket.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 
 SRCREV = "0ee34c77fc78ff08fd548706300b80a7bc7874e4"
 
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=2ee41112a44fe7014dce33e26468ba93"
 
-EXTRA_OECONF = "APACHECTL=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}${sbindir}/apachectl \
-                LIBTOOL=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}${bindir_crossscripts}/${HOST_SYS}-libtool"
+EXTRA_OECONF = "APACHECTL=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}${sbindir}/apachectl"
 
 do_install() {
     install -d ${D}${libexecdir}/apache2/modules
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/apache2/apache2_2.4.51.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/apache2/apache2_2.4.52.bb
similarity index 97%
rename from meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/apache2/apache2_2.4.51.bb
rename to meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/apache2/apache2_2.4.52.bb
index 4b36c50..39407b8 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/apache2/apache2_2.4.51.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/apache2/apache2_2.4.52.bb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
            "
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=bddeddfac80b2c9a882241d008bb41c3"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "20e01d81fecf077690a4439e3969a9b22a09a8d43c525356e863407741b838f4"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "0127f7dc497e9983e9c51474bed75e45607f2f870a7675a86dc90af6d572f5c9"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/httpd-${PV}"
 
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@
     install -d ${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}${sbindir}
     install -m 755 ${D}${sbindir}/apachectl ${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}${sbindir}
     sed -i 's!my $installbuilddir = .*!my $installbuilddir = "${STAGING_DIR_HOST}/${datadir}/${BPN}/build";!' ${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}${bindir_crossscripts}/apxs
-    sed -i 's!my $libtool = .*!my $libtool = "${STAGING_BINDIR_CROSS}/${HOST_SYS}-libtool";!' ${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}${bindir_crossscripts}/apxs
 
     sed -i 's!^APR_CONFIG = .*!APR_CONFIG = ${STAGING_BINDIR_CROSS}/apr-1-config!' ${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}${datadir}/${BPN}/build/config_vars.mk
     sed -i 's!^APU_CONFIG = .*!APU_CONFIG = ${STAGING_BINDIR_CROSS}/apu-1-config!' ${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}${datadir}/${BPN}/build/config_vars.mk
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/cherokee/cherokee_git.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/cherokee/cherokee_git.bb
index 7077d76..16733c6 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/cherokee/cherokee_git.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/cherokee/cherokee_git.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 SRCREV = "9a75e65b876bcc376cb6b379dca1f7ce4a055c59"
 PV = "1.2.104+git${SRCPV}"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/cherokee/webserver \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/cherokee/webserver;branch=master;protocol=https \
            file://cherokee.init \
            file://cherokee.service \
            file://cherokee-install-configured.py-once.patch \
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/hiawatha/hiawatha_10.12.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/hiawatha/hiawatha_10.12.bb
index f66ec7d..f13f144 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/hiawatha/hiawatha_10.12.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/hiawatha/hiawatha_10.12.bb
@@ -50,7 +50,23 @@
         install -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/hiawatha.service ${D}/${systemd_unitdir}/system
     fi
 
-    rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty "${D}${localstatedir}" "${D}${localstatedir}/run"
+    # /var/log/hiawatha and /var/lib/hiawatha needs to be created in runtime.
+    # Use rmdir to catch if upstream stops creating these dirs, or adds
+    # something else in /var/log.
+    rmdir ${D}${localstatedir}/log/${BPN} ${D}${localstatedir}/log
+    rmdir ${D}${localstatedir}/run
+    rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty ${D}${localstatedir}
+
+    # Create /var/log/hiawatha at runtime.
+    if [ "${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', d)}" ]; then
+        install -d ${D}${nonarch_libdir}/tmpfiles.d
+        echo "d ${localstatedir}/log/${BPN} - - - -" > ${D}${nonarch_libdir}/tmpfiles.d/${BPN}.conf
+    fi
+    if [ "${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'sysvinit', d)}" ]; then
+        install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/default/volatiles
+        echo "d root root 0755 ${localstatedir}/log/${BPN} none" > ${D}${sysconfdir}/default/volatiles/99_${BPN}
+    fi
+
 }
 
 CONFFILES:${PN} = " \
@@ -61,4 +77,5 @@
     ${sysconfdir}/hiawatha/php-fcgi.conf \
 "
 
+FILES:${PN} += "${nonarch_libdir}/tmpfiles.d"
 FILES:${PN}-dev = "${libdir}/hiawatha/*${SOLIBSDEV}"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/monkey/monkey_1.6.9.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/monkey/monkey_1.6.9.bb
index 1386770..fff406a 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/monkey/monkey_1.6.9.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/monkey/monkey_1.6.9.bb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "v(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+).tar.gz"
 
 EXTRA_OECMAKE = "-DINSTALL_LOGDIR=${localstatedir}/log/monkey/ \
-                 -DPID_FILE=${localstatedir}/run/monkey.pid \
+                 -DPID_FILE=/run/monkey.pid \
                  -DINSTALL_SYSCONFDIR=${sysconfdir}/monkey/ \
                  -DWITH_PLUGINS=* \
                  -DWITHOUT_PLUGINS=mbedtls \
@@ -38,10 +38,18 @@
 OECMAKE_GENERATOR = "Unix Makefiles"
 
 do_install:append() {
-    rm -rf ${D}/run
-    rm -rf ${D}${localstatedir}/run
+    rmdir ${D}${localstatedir}/log/${BPN} ${D}${localstatedir}/run ${D}${localstatedir}/log
+    rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty ${D}${localstatedir}
     install -Dm 0755 ${WORKDIR}/monkey.init ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/monkey
-
+    # Create /var/log/monkey in runtime.
+    if [ "${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', d)}" ]; then
+        install -d ${D}${nonarch_libdir}/tmpfiles.d
+        echo "d ${localstatedir}/log/${BPN} 0755 ${BPN} ${BPN} -" > ${D}${nonarch_libdir}/tmpfiles.d/${BPN}.conf
+    fi
+    if [ "${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'sysvinit', d)}" ]; then
+        install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/default/volatiles
+        echo "d ${BPN} ${BPN} 0755 ${localstatedir}/log/${BPN} none" > ${D}${sysconfdir}/default/volatiles/99_${BPN}
+    fi
     if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','true','false',d)}; then
         install -Dm 644 ${WORKDIR}/monkey.service ${D}/${systemd_unitdir}/system/monkey.service
     fi
@@ -56,8 +64,7 @@
 
 FILES:${PN}-plugins = "${libdir}/monkey-*.so"
 
-FILES:${PN} += "${localstatedir}/www/monkey/ /run"
-
+FILES:${PN} += "${nonarch_libdir}/tmpfiles.d"
 
 CONFFILES:${PN} = "${sysconfdir}/monkey/monkey.conf \
                    ${sysconfdir}/monkey/sites/default \
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx.inc b/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx.inc
index 7637002..b99e29e 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx.inc
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx.inc
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
             >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/tmpfiles.d/${BPN}.conf
     fi
     install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/${BPN}
-    lnr ${D}${localstatedir}/run/${BPN} ${D}${sysconfdir}/${BPN}/run
+    ln -rs ${D}${localstatedir}/run/${BPN} ${D}${sysconfdir}/${BPN}/run
     install -d ${D}${NGINX_WWWDIR}
     mv ${D}${exec_prefix}/html ${D}${NGINX_WWWDIR}/
     chown ${NGINX_USER}:www-data -R ${D}${NGINX_WWWDIR}
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/sthttpd/sthttpd_2.27.1.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/sthttpd/sthttpd_2.27.1.bb
index 8a30b74..4134a0e 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/sthttpd/sthttpd_2.27.1.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/sthttpd/sthttpd_2.27.1.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 DEPENDS += "base-passwd virtual/crypt"
 
 SRCREV = "2845bf5bff2b820d2336c8c8061cbfc5f271e720"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/blueness/${BPN} \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/blueness/${BPN};branch=master;protocol=https \
            file://thttpd.service \
            file://thttpd.conf \
            file://init"