Apache
From Luke Jackson
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FAQs
How to redirect HTTP to HTTPS using mod_rewrite.
The following configuration will configure Apache to automatically redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS, i.e. http://www.website.com to https://www.website.com.
httpd.conf:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$
RewriteRule ^/(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [L,R]
.htaccess:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$
RewriteRule ^(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [L,R]
Remember, if you put this rule in the main server configuration file (usually httpd.conf) rather than an .htaccess file, you'll need to use "^/" instead of "^" at the beginning of the RewriteRule line. Because of this there are two code snippets above, one for httpd.conf and one for .htaccces.
How do I change the length of the URLs generated by mod_autoindex?
The NameWidth keyword allows you to specify the width of the filename column in bytes.
- -NameWidth (or unset) allows mod_autoindex to calculate the best width.
- NameWidth=n fixes the column width to n bytes wide.
- NameWidth=* grows the column to the necessary width.
Below is an example on how to edit your httpd.conf file to enable unlimited characters:
# IndexOptions: Controls the appearance of server-generated directory # listings. # IndexOptions FancyIndexing VersionSort NameWidth=*
(13)Permission denied: /www/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable
This can range in exact location but at the core it is a permissions issue.
- While child directories of the DocumentRoot can have a permission value of 744 the DocumentRoot needs to have a permission of 755.
- Ensure all .htaccess files have a permission of 755
chmod -R 755 <dir_or_file(s)>
Access forbidden! You don't have access to the requested directory...
There is either no index document or the directory is read-protected.
Allow Directory Listing
- Create .htaccess file in the affected directory and copy the text below into the file.
Options FollowSymLinks ExecCGI Indexes
Create DirectoryIndex File
- Determine Allowable DirectoryIndex extensions from the DirectoryIndex line in your httpd.conf file.
- Create an empty file in the affected directory.
touch index.htm
Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /www/<Virtual-Host-Path-HERE>/htdocs/
Previously the Apache server was configured to list files present in the root folder of any Virtual Host if a .htaccess file with the correction Options permissions was present. Presumably after an upgrade via yum at some point the addition of the following was added to the conf.d folder
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 299 Oct 11 22:33 welcome.conf
# This configuration file enables the default "Welcome"
# page if there is no default index page present for
# the root URL. To disable the Welcome page, comment
# out all the lines below.
#
<LocationMatch "^/+$">
Options -Indexes
ErrorDocument 403 /error/noindex.html
</LocationMatch>
Invalid command 'Order', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
mod_access has changed to authz_host_module. Please load the following module to httpd.conf:
LoadModule authz_host_module modules/mod_authz_host.so
Invalid command 'AuthGroupFile', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
LoadModule authz_groupfile_module modules/mod_authz_groupfile.so
configuration error: couldn't check access. No groups file?: /
LoadModule authz_user_module modules/mod_authz_user.so
Enforce password authentication unless accessing from local network
Add the following lines to your .htaccess file:
AuthUserFile /www/server.com/stuff/htdocs/.htpasswd AuthGroupFile /dev/null AuthName "Secrets :)" AuthType Basic require valid-user Allow from 192.168.85.0/24 Satisfy Any Options FollowSymLinks ExecCGI Indexes