Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Desperately Seeking: Explanation on Why Ubuntu's Default Apache Config is So Strange
headlines grab you
headlines grab you- Fact (every time you read "Fact," you kinda have to imagine the Law&Order gavel-gong, warning, .wav file): The main Apache configuration file in Ubuntu 5.10's (Breezy Badger) provided version of Apache/ httpd, is not httpd.conf, but /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
- Fact: There is a deprecated, but empty file, httpd.conf in /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
- Fact: Apache's DocumentRoot, the default place where accessible content can be found, is at /var/www, a location not referenced at all in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
- Fact: There is no DocumentRoot mentioned anywhere in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
- Fact: /var/www is referenced in two configuration files: 1.) /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default, and 2.) /etc/apache2/sites-available/default. These files seem to have more a VirtualHost setup
- Once again, not knowing Debian is kinda hurting me. I'm on the case, and starting to read this helpful document that seems to be about Apache's configuration in Debian (and Ubuntu).
