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   1  Apache2 Configuration under Debian GNU/Linux
   2  ============================================
   3  
   4  Debian's default Apache2 installation attempts to make adding and
   5  removing modules, virtual hosts, and extra configuration directives as
   6  flexible is possible, in order to make automating the changes and
   7  administering the server as easy as possible.
   8  
   9  Files and Directories in /etc/apache2:
  10  -------------------------------------
  11  
  12  apache2.conf
  13  
  14      This is the main configuration file.
  15  
  16  conf.d/
  17  
  18      Files in this directory are included by this line in
  19      apache2.conf:
  20  
  21      # Include generic snippets of statements
  22      Include /etc/apache2/conf.d
  23  
  24      This is a good place to add additional configuration
  25      directives.
  26  
  27  httpd.conf
  28  
  29      Empty file.
  30  
  31  magic
  32  
  33      Magic data for mod_mime_magic Apache module, documented in
  34      htdocs/manual/mod/mod_mime_magic.html.  You probably don't
  35      need to touch this.
  36  
  37  mods-available/
  38  
  39      This directory contains a series of .load and .conf files.
  40      The .load files contain the Apache configuration directive
  41      necessary to load the module in question.  The respective
  42      .conf files contain configuration directives necessary to
  43      utilize the module in question.
  44  
  45  mods-enabled/
  46  
  47      To actually enable a module for Apache2, it is necessary to
  48      create a symlink in this directory to the .load (and .conf, if
  49      it exists) files associated with the module in
  50      mods-available/.  For example:
  51  
  52      cgi.load -> /etc/apache2/mods-available/cgi.load
  53  
  54  ports.conf
  55  
  56      Configuration directives for which ports and IP addresses to
  57      listen to.
  58  
  59  sites-available/
  60  
  61      Like mods-available/, except it contains configuration
  62      directives for different virtual hosts that might be used with
  63      apache2.  Note that the hostname doesn't have to correspond
  64      exactly with the filename.  'default' is the default host.
  65  
  66  sites-enabled/
  67  
  68      Similar in functionality to mods-enabled/, sites-enabled
  69      contains symlinks to sites in sites-available/ that the
  70      admnistrator wishes to enable.
  71  
  72      Example:
  73      dedasys -> /etc/apache2/sites-available/dedasys
  74  
  75  Tools
  76  -----
  77  
  78  Currently, a2enmod and a2dismod are available for enabling and
  79  disabling modules utilizing the above configuration system.
  80  
  81  a2ensite and a2dissite have been added, which do essentially the
  82  same thing as the above tools, but for sites rather than modules.