Default document in Apache

[Active X]

Hello to all dear developers,

I've just installed Apache 2.2.8 and have installed php 5.2.6 on it as a module.

I've created a web site that has index.php as it's default document, but anytime I enter the address of web site in IE address bar, I get "Index of sitename".

How can I define a default document for my Apache server ?



My second problem : I change DocumentRoot in httpd.conf and restart the server. It doesn't show me any errors. But when I enter address of a web site in address bar I get to "Error 403: Forbidden".
I changed security permission of that folder to "Everyone : Full control" ! but it still doesn't work.

Could someone explain me how to fix these 2 problems ?


Will be really thankful to your helps

[abduraooft]

How can I define a default document for my Apache server ?

Add an .htaccess file into your root having

DirectoryIndex  index.php index.html index.htm default.html default.htm home.html

[Active X]

Thank you very much abudraoof,

And can you answer my second question too ?

I need to know how to change my default document directory.

Will be really thankful to helps again!

[tomws]

Check the Apache error log for the domain. It should provide some useful information. Sounds like you're using Windows, so look somewhere around /path/to/Apache2/logs/error.log. If you set up vhosts and proper logging, the filename will be whatever you put in the site config.

[Active X]

Thanks tomws, but could you explain me a little more about what to do ?

and what to do with .htaccess to setup the default document name ?

[tomws]

Originally Posted by Active X

Thanks tomws, but could you explain me a little more about what to do ?

I think I did. Check the error log in the logs directory and see if it lists any errors.

Originally Posted by Active X

and what to do with .htaccess to setup the default document name ?

First, check the error log in the logs directory and see if it lists any errors for your current config.

I don't use htaccess as I have access to the server config. And if I understand htaccess correctly, you can't set up the doc root there. It should be done in the host config file.

Here's an example from my virtual host config file on an internal windows server.

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@example.com
    DocumentRoot "c:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs/test.example.com"
    ServerName test.example.com
    ErrorLog logs/test-example-com_error.log
    CustomLog logs/test-example-com_access.log common

    <Directory "htdocs/test.example.com/">
        Order deny,allow
        Deny from all
        Allow from 192.168.1.102
        # your directory entry would be quite different from this for a production site
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Path are relevant to the Apache root directory as defined in the main config.

[Mikroz]

Well Apache 2.2.8 set's its local priviledges very strict from the beginning, look for the row ~187 in httpd.conf

#
# Each directory to which Apache has access can be configured with respect
# to which services and features are allowed and/or disabled in that
# directory (and its subdirectories). 
#
# First, we configure the "default" to be a very restrictive set of 
# features.  
#
<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all <--- Change this to Allow from all 
</Directory>

That's what is restricting everything beneath your doc root unless you want to specify with .htaccess...

But if mostly public content in the site I would conf the httpd.conf to allow from the web documents folder and restrict anything else with .htaccess or other methods.

[Active X]

Thank you vey very much.

I think I really should study about Apache server much more than my current knowledge.

Could someone introduce me a good resource for studying about apache (Some thing like a tutorial) ?

[Mikroz]

You don't need to look for everything in Apache but I suggest you bookmark at least this page: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/

Might look a bit messy on the first looks but with a little study it's the best resource there is. And of course there is google if lookin for help with a particular module etc.