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Apache2 Ubuntu Default Page
It works!
This is the default welcome page used to test the correct operation of the
Apache2 server after installation on Ubuntu systems. It is based on the
equivalent page on Debian, from which the Ubuntu Apache packaging is derived. If
you can read this page, it means that the Apache HTTP server installed at this
site is working properly. You should replace this file (located at
/var/www/html/index.html) before continuing to operate your HTTP server.
If you are a normal user of this web site and don't know what this page is
about, this probably means that the site is currently unavailable due to
maintenance. If the problem persists, please contact the site's administrator.
Configuration Overview
Ubuntu's Apache2 default configuration is different from the upstream default
configuration, and split into several files optimized for interaction with
Ubuntu tools. The configuration system is fully documented in
/usr/share/doc/apache2/README.Debian.gz. Refer to this for the full
documentation. Documentation for the web server itself can be found by accessing
the manual if the apache2-doc package was installed on this server.
The configuration layout for an Apache2 web server installation on Ubuntu
systems is as follows:
/etc/apache2/
|-- apache2.conf
| `-- ports.conf
|-- mods-enabled
| |-- *.load
| `-- *.conf
|-- conf-enabled
| `-- *.conf
|-- sites-enabled
| `-- *.conf
* apache2.conf is the main configuration file. It puts the pieces together by
including all remaining configuration files when starting up the web server.
* ports.conf is always included from the main configuration file. It is used to
determine the listening ports for incoming connections, and this file can be
customized anytime.
* Configuration files in the mods-enabled/, conf-enabled/ and sites-enabled/
directories contain particular configuration snippets which manage modules,
global configuration fragments, or virtual host configurations, respectively.
* They are activated by symlinking available configuration files from their
respective *-available/ counterparts. These should be managed by using our
helpers a2enmod, a2dismod, a2ensite, a2dissite, and a2enconf, a2disconf . See
their respective man pages for detailed information.
* The binary is called apache2. Due to the use of environment variables, in the
default configuration, apache2 needs to be started/stopped with
/etc/init.d/apache2 or apache2ctl. Calling /usr/bin/apache2 directly will not
work with the default configuration.
Document Roots
By default, Ubuntu does not allow access through the web browser to any file
apart of those located in /var/www, public_html directories (when enabled) and
/usr/share (for web applications). If your site is using a web document root
located elsewhere (such as in /srv) you may need to whitelist your document root
directory in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf.
The default Ubuntu document root is /var/www/html. You can make your own virtual
hosts under /var/www. This is different to previous releases which provides
better security out of the box.
Reporting Problems
Please use the ubuntu-bug tool to report bugs in the Apache2 package with
Ubuntu. However, check existing bug reports before reporting a new bug.
Please report bugs specific to modules (such as PHP and others) to respective
packages, not to the web server itself.
