1

I have a new installation of Apache in Ubuntu 14.04.2

The /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file contains:

<Directory /var/www/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Require all granted
</Directory>

With this setting, it would make sense to me if the webroot was /var/www/ but based on behaviour (when I try to access it through a browser) it seems to be /var/www/html/

Why does it use the html subfolder?

1 Answer 1

1

The file 000-default.conf in /etc/apache2/sites-available/ defines the /var/www/html/ folder as the webroot (this is enabled by default, as you can see in the /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ folder):

<VirtualHost *:80>
        # The ServerName directive sets the request scheme, hostname and port that
        # the server uses to identify itself. This is used when creating
        # redirection URLs. In the context of virtual hosts, the ServerName
        # specifies what hostname must appear in the request's Host: header to
        # match this virtual host. For the default virtual host (this file) this
        # value is not decisive as it is used as a last resort host regardless.
        # However, you must set it for any further virtual host explicitly.
        #ServerName www.example.com

        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
        DocumentRoot /var/www/html

        # Available loglevels: trace8, ..., trace1, debug, info, notice, warn,
        # error, crit, alert, emerg.
        # It is also possible to configure the loglevel for particular
        # modules, e.g.
        #LogLevel info ssl:warn

        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

        # For most configuration files from conf-available/, which are
        # enabled or disabled at a global level, it is possible to
        # include a line for only one particular virtual host. For example the
        # following line enables the CGI configuration for this host only
        # after it has been globally disabled with "a2disconf".
        #Include conf-available/serve-cgi-bin.conf
</VirtualHost>

# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet
1
  • 2
    BTW- If the OP is not too familiar with web security, they do not want to edit the directory specification- just use the /var/www/html/ as specified and all will work just fine.
    – closetnoc
    Aug 1, 2015 at 23:37

Your Answer

By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our terms of service and acknowledge that you have read and understand our privacy policy and code of conduct.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.