The Apache HTTP Server is an Open Source Web server, which originated from a series of patches to the NCSA HTTPd. Apache is the world's most popular Web server, which is run on 54.90% of all Web servers according to the Netcraft survey conducted July 2010.
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How to remove /index.html
How to make redirect /index.html -> / in Apache?
Redirect /index.html http://domain-name.com/
Is causeing infinite loop when opening home page.
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Multiple websites on a single IP address, HOW?
I have a VDS server and an dedicated IP address. the question is how to add multiple sites in a single domain?
For example I have 3 sites as below:
www.company.co
www.webdesign.com
www.inet.com
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Apache HTTP Server Configuration on Port Other Than :80
I am running an apache server for development on windows 7 (via XAMPP).
By default, it is set up to listen on port :80 for http:// requests.
I can configure it for, say, port :1234, and can access ...
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Stop Apache serving filetypes
Preferably using .htaccess files, though .conf files are an option, is there any way to stop Apache serving certain filetypes?
For example, .db shouldn't be served for obvious reason (privacy and ...
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Redirect to same site but add things into the URL
I have a PHP file, index.php, that is set as the index file for my site. If someone wants to pull up a value for a, as an example, then they would type http://www.website.com/?value=a. Is it possible ...
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Can you rewrite the root?
Not sure how to word this one but will explain most I can.
I am trying to make the following happen.
Re-write this http://domain.name
To this http://domain.name/home/
Is it possible ?
update
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How to make parameters look more attractive
I'm making a blog site and instead of the users blogs being called /blog?display=username I would like it to just be a sub domain such as mysite.com/username
How would I be able to make the first ...
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Is making my PHP files read-only a useful security measure?
Up until now I've been "protecting" my website's PHP files by making them read-only with chmod.
Is this a useful security tactic? Or is it some "old wive's tale" and I'm wasting my time?
I'm ...
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How can I test for a URLs existeance before redirecting to it?
I am using Apache's mod_rewrite to redirect mobile users to my mobile site based on their http_user_agent. However not all pages have a mobile equivalent. Also mobile pages end in .html and "full" ...
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Redirect HTTPS request to HTTP in Apache
Can an HTTPS request be redirected to an HTTP request in Apache? If so, how?
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How to proxy with apache site from same domain but another port as a subfolder?
So I have a problem - I have my main site on apache web server on debian on port 80; I develop a web server (in some C++ or C#) and it currently runs on port 6666. But some people are living under ...
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Requests in form: http://www.site.com/one/two/three/ in Apache 2
how can I configure Apache server, to mantain requests such as:
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/fql/
(i mean the /one/two/three)?
What's the name of this technique and how it is ...
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Apache logging based on user agent
I'd like to update my apache logging so that its destination is based on the user agent string or file type.
Specifically, I would like to send my googlebot requests to their own log file, and I ...
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=~ (equal-sign tilde) and m“ … ” in .htaccess directive
I saw this bit of code on an old forum post:
SSLRequire %{HTTP_HOST} =~ m"\.secure\.powweb\.com"
And I was just wondering what the =~ and m" ... " meant. I've been searching online and in the ...
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301 Redirect from www to non-www without using VHOST
I have my web application running on EC2 with Apache. I want to redirect www to non-www. On searching Google, I used this but it leads to redirect loop:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName ...
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apache rewriting url doesn't work(using godaddy hosting)
I'm using a framework to create my website(codeigniter) by default the urls are like this:mysite.com/index.php?/etc/etc/etc.
And I'm trying to remove the index.php?, I tried to remove it by doing ...
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Tell apache to point to a subfolder as default starting point for public
What would be the different methods of telling Apache to serve up httpdocs/public instead of httpdocs as the default starting point?
I want to be able to have my includes and logs directories behind ...
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Apache HTTP redirect from a URL list
One of my web applications will be completely replaced by a new system. All URLs will change and thus external links would break. I want to setup Apache httpd to answer with proper 301-redirects to ...
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Apache show file index as utf-8
I'm on a shared hosting which runs Apache on a Windows server. I am running Linux and I have uploaded some files that should be accessible directly via a public URL (that is known only by a few ...
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How to manage multiple domains on same server
I have more than one (4 to be exact) domains and only one server host with same ip. How I can run all my domains from same server. All websites are wordpress sites.
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Image Hot-links & Google's Instant Previews
I'm trying to adjust my site:
1. stop Image Hot-links
2. block Googlebot-Image (because I do not want my images to be searchable)
3. allow Google's Instant Previews
I've tried this but the Instant ...
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Configuring directory access on a server. .htaccess and alternatives?
I have written a small PHP package/site-template (should I say).
It contains a directory data/ that contains some important files that the users should not be able to see.
These file should however ...
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Is minimising the number of Include directives in Apache config faster?
In my Apache config file for domains hosted on my site, I have a couple of Include directives containing redirects:
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:8080>
Include /path/redirects1.conf
Include ...
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Configure Apache HTTP 2.2 for PUT method
I've written code for file upload and download using HttpWebRequest/HttpWebResponse class in C# with Apache 2.2 as a web server. In code I'm using request.method = "PUT".
I want to config my http ...
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Redirect all traffic to construction page except my IP in .htaccess
The title pretty much says it all.
I want to direct all traffic to an under construction page except for traffic originating from my IP address so I can move a large development site into production ...
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Apache mod_rewrite problem
I try to use Apache mod_rewrite to redirect some pages on my customer's website to the homepage. The .htaccess file is the following:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
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How can I redirect everything but the index as 410?
Our site shut down and we need to give a 410 redirect to the users. We have a small one-page replacement site set up in the same domain and a custom 410 error page. We'd like to have it so that all ...
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How to use .htaccess to show smarter URLs
I'd like to ask how can I call the page www.domain.com/index.php?page=somepage and make the browser show the user in the URL bar the address www.domain.com/somepage/? How do I do that trick?
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What are the most commonly used and basic Apache htaccess redirects?
This question is here so we can offer users who are looking for information on how to make one or more common or basic redirects in Apache using the htaccess file. All future questions pertaining to ...
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Handling APACHE file caching
I have used .htaccess to cache images, css and javascript files on my server for up to a month. My problem is that some users get updates that I made recently and all works normally while some user ...
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Is it possible to count the number of hits or loads of a webpage without anything fancy?
I know very little, but I do know that I have some server space given by my University with a file called public_html which anyone can load html and other files from. So is there a simple way to add ...
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How to log username in Apache logs?
I need some help regarding how to log the user-name into apache logs. I'm building a use-case for Security Information Event Management.
Is the method the same in case of IIS or just applicable to ...
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How do I use htaccess to make a short URL to a MediaWiki page?
I'd like to rewrite /liam to /index.php/Liam_Edwards-Playne. I've currently written this below in the appropriate .htaccess file but it is still returning a 404:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/liam$ ...
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Apache2 Unwantingly Allowing Proxy Requests
I'm not sure if this is the right location, but this is fairly urgent. I have completely removed all traces of mod_proxy and the other mod_proxy mods, although the Apache server continues to allow ...
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Help with 301 redirect from subdomain to root domain
I need to forward existing subdomain links to the root domain as the subdomain no longer exists. I have tried so many different lines of code in my .htaccess file and can not get the redirect to work.
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getting 500 intenal error when setting 301 redirect using .htaccess
I am trying to use a 301 redirect to direct users and bots to my new site but when I put the .htaccess live i keep getting a 500 internal error shown.
The site is actually a subdomain which i want ...
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Under an Xampp install, I modify the apache httpd-vhosts.conf file and then my Apache server will not start
I have read all the articles but still must be doing something wrong... I modified the httpd-vhosts.conf file to access the project I am working on... I have tried many different configurations and ...
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Htaccess - Rewrite png to php file
I currently use trans.png.php?id=1&campaign=test to track my newsletter campaigns.
I want to use trans.png instead as it's the src of an img tag.
How can i do this in htaccess? Also is there any ...
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Handling request after installing MAMP (no DNS setup yet)
I've just installed MAMP on my mac machine and checked the server is working by looking at localhost. I looked up my IP address by ifconfig. When I use another machine, I still can't get connected to ...
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Notification for too many Apache connection errors on shared hosting?
My hosting provider specifies how many simultaneous connections the hosting account can handle. The question is how do I know if my site reached this limit and drops connnections?
I have a PHP site ...
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Is it possible to check the case on Apache redirects or aliases?
I have a big website (15,000 pages) with a log list of redirects (about 800) that have been used in marketing pieces for years. My Apache server has been running mod_rewrite for the past 10 years or ...
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Is it possible to force a directory index to display even if an index file exists?
On my Apache server I need to display a directory index of a given folder even if it already contains an index file that has been defined in DirectoryIndex. In this case an index.html file exists, but ...
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Apache2: Deny access for mail.mydomain.com but allow www.mydomain.com, both points same ip
i have a linux mail+http server located throguh Internet at www.mydomain.com. Domain was bought at GoDaddy so after configuring the server and getting the public ip address i went at GoDaddy's profile ...
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Virtual Host under MacOSX not working
I have setup a virtualhost for MacOSX Apache installation.
These are my steps:
edit /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf removing comment from:
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
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Accessing server stats using PHP
There are over 10 stats packages installed in my server (AWStat, Webalizer, etc) and cPanel has an interface to show them in terms of visitors, bandwidth, popular pages, etc.
It is possible to access ...
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Getting 403 Forbidden after changing webroot
I am running Ubuntu with Apache (LAMP stack). When I changed the webroot from /var/www to /media/data/www, I keep getting 403 Forbidden even after chmod-ing the directory + files to 777. What did I do ...
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How do I save user uploaded files outside of the web folder but use them on my page?
I have read that one of the best things to do for security with user uploaded files is to store them outside of the web folder, as there is very little you can do to ensure that that jpg image the ...
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Why is a # sign added to the end of URLS?
Note: I'm asking this from the perspective of the site developers (trying to help someone there). not as a user. Please don't forward this to superuser.com. It's a server admin question.
Have a look ...
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Removing the script extension with URL rewriting on Apache
Given a (slightly theoretical) physical disk layout of:
\products\cameras\50d.jpg
\products\cameras\20d.jpg
\products\lenses\18-55.jpg
\products\lenses\28-135.jpg
\products.php
At the moment, I've ...
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How can I force a VirtualHost in Apache to not listen for undefined subdomains on 443?
In /etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com:
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName www.example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/example.com/htdocs
SSLEngine on
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