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6fbd2e53c97ea6976d93e0ac521adabc55e0fb73nd <title>Configuration Files</title>

d5d794fc2f4cc9ca6d6da17cfa2cdcd8d244bacdnd

d5d794fc2f4cc9ca6d6da17cfa2cdcd8d244bacdnd<summary>

d5d794fc2f4cc9ca6d6da17cfa2cdcd8d244bacdnd<p>This document describes the files used to configure the Apache

d5d794fc2f4cc9ca6d6da17cfa2cdcd8d244bacdndHTTP server.</p>

d5d794fc2f4cc9ca6d6da17cfa2cdcd8d244bacdnd</summary>

d5d794fc2f4cc9ca6d6da17cfa2cdcd8d244bacdnd

d5d794fc2f4cc9ca6d6da17cfa2cdcd8d244bacdnd <section id="main">

d5d794fc2f4cc9ca6d6da17cfa2cdcd8d244bacdnd <title>Main Configuration Files</title>

d5d794fc2f4cc9ca6d6da17cfa2cdcd8d244bacdnd <related>

d5d794fc2f4cc9ca6d6da17cfa2cdcd8d244bacdnd <modulelist>

d5d794fc2f4cc9ca6d6da17cfa2cdcd8d244bacdnd <module>mod_mime</module>

d5d794fc2f4cc9ca6d6da17cfa2cdcd8d244bacdnd </modulelist>

d5d794fc2f4cc9ca6d6da17cfa2cdcd8d244bacdnd <directivelist>

d5d794fc2f4cc9ca6d6da17cfa2cdcd8d244bacdnd <directive module="core" type="section">IfDefine</directive>

7db9f691a00ead175b03335457ca296a33ddf31bnd <directive module="core">Include</directive>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen <directive module="mod_mime">TypesConfig</directive>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen </directivelist>

0d26a2bd71224b954baab529bbadc4d676c35b95slive </related>

0d26a2bd71224b954baab529bbadc4d676c35b95slive

0d26a2bd71224b954baab529bbadc4d676c35b95slive <p>Apache is configured by placing <a

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen href="mod/directives.html">directives</a> in plain text

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen configuration files. The main configuration file is usually called

0d26a2bd71224b954baab529bbadc4d676c35b95slive <code>httpd.conf</code>. The location of this file is set at

0d26a2bd71224b954baab529bbadc4d676c35b95slive compile-time, but may be overridden with the <code>-f</code>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen command line flag. In addition, other configuration files may be

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen added using the <directive module="core">Include</directive>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen directive, and wildcards can be used to include many configuration

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen files. Any directive may be placed in any of these configuration

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen files. Changes to the main configuration files are only

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen recognized by Apache when it is started or restarted.</p>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen <p>The server also reads a file containing mime document types;

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen the filename is set by the <directive

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen module="mod_mime">TypesConfig</directive> directive,

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen and is <code>mime.types</code> by default.</p>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen </section>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen <section id="syntax">

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen <title>Syntax of the Configuration Files</title>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen <p>Apache configuration files contain one directive per line.

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen The back-slash "\" may be used as the last character on a line

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen to indicate that the directive continues onto the next line.

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen There must be no other characters or white space between the

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen back-slash and the end of the line.</p>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen <p>Directives in the configuration files are case-insensitive,

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen but arguments to directives are often case sensitive. Lines

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen that begin with the hash character "#" are considered

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen comments, and are ignored. Comments may <strong>not</strong> be

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen included on a line after a configuration directive. Blank lines

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen and white space occurring before a directive are ignored, so

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen you may indent directives for clarity.</p>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen <p>You can check your configuration files for syntax errors

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen without starting the server by using <code>apachectl

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen configtest</code> or the <code>-t</code> command line

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen option.</p>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen </section>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen

0d26a2bd71224b954baab529bbadc4d676c35b95slive <section id="modules">

0d26a2bd71224b954baab529bbadc4d676c35b95slive <title>Modules</title>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen <related>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen <modulelist>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen <module>mod_so</module>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen </modulelist>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen <directivelist>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen <directive module="core" type="section">IfModule</directive>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen <directive module="mod_so">LoadModule</directive>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen </directivelist>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen </related>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen <p>Apache is a modular server. This implies that only the most

0d26a2bd71224b954baab529bbadc4d676c35b95slive basic functionality is included in the core server. Extended

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen features are available through <a

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen href="mod/">modules</a> which can be loaded

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen into Apache. By default, a <a

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen href="mod/module-dict.html#Status">base</a> set of modules is

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen included in the server at compile-time. If the server is

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen compiled to use <a href="dso.html">dynamically loaded</a>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen modules, then modules can be compiled separately and added at

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen any time using the <directive module="mod_so">LoadModule</directive>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen directive.

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen Otherwise, Apache must be recompiled to add or remove modules.

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen Configuration directives may be included conditional on a

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen presence of a particular module by enclosing them in an<directive

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen module="core" type="section">IfModule</directive> block.</p>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen <p>To see which modules are currently compiled into the server,

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen you can use the <code>-l</code> command line option.</p>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen </section>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen <section id="scope">

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen <title>Scope of Directives</title>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen

0d26a2bd71224b954baab529bbadc4d676c35b95slive <related>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen <directivelist>

0d26a2bd71224b954baab529bbadc4d676c35b95slive <directive module="core" type="section">Directory</directive>

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen <directive module="core" type="section">DirectoryMatch</directive>

b1d5e64b28c637587fe6809bc1a19be1730545d4martin <directive module="core" type="section">Files</directive>

b9b166bce28378f88ecba40c17f788f510b8357and <directive module="core" type="section">FilesMatch</directive>

b1d5e64b28c637587fe6809bc1a19be1730545d4martin <directive module="core" type="section">Location</directive>

b1d5e64b28c637587fe6809bc1a19be1730545d4martin <directive module="core" type="section">LocationMatch</directive>

b1d5e64b28c637587fe6809bc1a19be1730545d4martin <directive module="core" type="section">VirtualHost</directive>

b1d5e64b28c637587fe6809bc1a19be1730545d4martin </directivelist>

b1d5e64b28c637587fe6809bc1a19be1730545d4martin </related>

b1d5e64b28c637587fe6809bc1a19be1730545d4martin

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen <p>Directives placed in the main configuration files apply to

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen the entire server. If you wish to change the configuration for

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen only a part of the server, you can scope your directives by

15b99496bfd5c7809028689a3accc488b23ab0b4rbowen placing them in <directive module="core"

type="section">Directory</directive>, <directive module="core"

type="section">DirectoryMatch</directive>, <directive module="core"

type="section">Files</directive>, <directive module="core"

type="section">FilesMatch</directive>, <directive module="core"

type="section">Location</directive>, and <directive module="core"

type="section">LocationMatch</directive>

sections. These sections limit the application of the

directives which they enclose to particular filesystem

locations or URLs. They can also be nested, allowing for very

fine grained configuration.</p>

<p>Apache has the capability to serve many different websites

simultaneously. This is called <a href="vhosts/">Virtual

Hosting</a>. Directives can also be scoped by placing them

inside <directive module="core" type="section">VirtualHost</directive>

sections, so that they will only apply to requests for a

particular website.</p>

<p>Although most directives can be placed in any of these

sections, some directives do not make sense in some contexts.

For example, directives controlling process creation can only

be placed in the main server context. To find which directives

can be placed in which sections, check the <a

href="mod/directive-dict.html#Context">Context</a> of the

directive. For further information, we provide details on <a

href="sections.html">How Directory, Location and Files sections

work</a>.</p>

</section>

<section id="htaccess">

<title>.htaccess Files</title>

<related>

<directivelist>

<directive module="core">AccessFileName</directive>

<directive module="core">AllowOverride</directive>

</directivelist>

</related>

<p>Apache allows for decentralized management of configuration

via special files placed inside the web tree. The special files

are usually called <code>.htaccess</code>, but any name can be

specified in the <directive module="core">AccessFileName</directive>

directive. Directives placed in <code>.htaccess</code> files

apply to the directory where you place the file, and all

sub-directories. The <code>.htaccess</code> files follow the

same syntax as the main configuration files. Since

<code>.htaccess</code> files are read on every request, changes

made in these files take immediate effect.</p>

<p>To find which directives can be placed in

<code>.htaccess</code> files, check the <a

href="mod/directive-dict.html#Context">Context</a> of the

directive. The server administrator further controls what

directives may be placed in <code>.htaccess</code> files by

configuring the <directive module="core">AllowOverride</directive>

directive in the main configuration files.</p>

<p>For more information on <code>.htaccess</code> files, see

the <a href="howto/htaccess.html">.htaccess tutorial</a>.</p>

</section>

</manualpage>