Re: I *think* I found the apache2 docs, but it's in .html and Icannot getfirefox to access it using "file:"+ /path/to/filedir
On 6/22/22 10:45, Gareth Evans wrote:
On 21 Jun 2022, at 22:37, Gareth Evans <donotspam@fastmail.fm> wrote:
On 21 Jun 2022, at 22:12, Gareth Evans <donotspam@fastmail.fm> wrote:
On Tue 21 Jun 2022, at 20:16, gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> wrote:
On 6/21/22 14:09, Gareth Evans wrote:
On Tue 21 Jun 2022, at 18:06, gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> wrote:
On 6/21/22 12:11, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 11:55:56AM -0400, gene heskett wrote:
Greetings all;
So how am I supposed to read these installed docs?
Thanks all.
Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
- Louis D. Brandeis
From a web browser?
file:///usr/share/doc/apache2-doc
That's three slashes - file:// - two slashes - and then the filesystem path.
Hope this helps, with every good wish, as ever,
Andy Cater
And that works, the third slash is new to me.
So now the only thing I've changed from the default install is in
/etc/apache2/envvars
for usr and grp to be www-data. But now it won't restart.
journalctl -xe reports:
Jun 21 12:46:16 coyote apachectl[286443]: AH00526: Syntax error on line
63 of /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/security.conf:
Jun 21 12:46:16 coyote apachectl[286443]: Invalid command 'Header', [...]
In my (unedited) version of that file:
[...]
61 # Requires mod_headers to be enabled.
62 #
63 #Header set X-Content-Type-Options: "nosniff"
If line 63 is required un-commented, then
$ sudo a2enmod headers
$ sudo systemctl restart apache2
should do the trick.
After I found it with locate/ /usr/sbin is not in su's $PATH
That fixed the error, and I uncommented the stanza in apache2.conf
that points to the directory I want the server to access, and
localhost:port# displays the default startup page ok.
dig "my-site-name" returns the proper ipv4 address.
I just used the address:6309 and it worked. So I edited the
address bar to use the registered name:6309 and hit F5,
a couple times, and that works.
Do you see a page titled "Apache2 Debian Default Page" with the Debian logo?
yes
If so it's probably configured in
/etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
or
/etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl.conf for https version
I'd like to get this working if possible.
as Debian uses name-based virtual hosts with a config file structure which does not correspond to the Apache docs afaics, and I can't find any Debian docs on the subject.
https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/configuring.html
https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/vhosts/
000-default is already enabled (though the other for https may not be) if you're seeing the page I referred to above.
$ sudo a2ensite filename (without .conf)
is the command you would use to enable an "available" configuration (which creates a symlink in ../sites-enabled),
That much I got. But nowhere is the doc I've printed 10 pages of,
is there an example of how to setup a local site. ISTR when I did
this back in the fog of 2005 or so, that it was then all done in the
html of the /var/www/gene/index.html. Robots.txt was also there
but most robots ignored it, so I got addresses out of log/oth* and
added them to iptables rules with DROP commands. They move
the bots around weekly so that's an hours work a day until I added
a CIDR of /16 or so. Enough to cover that bots src address bundle.
But there ought to be a better way, I only had apache2 live and
serving the default page on that oddball port # about 10 minutes
when a "petalbot" showed up in the log.
but you may find it easier just to edit the existing 000-default.conf file.
Tried that <Directory path> listed here in that file as a second entry,
but it had zero effect on an apache2 restart.
According to comments in my apache2.conf there needs to be a directory stanza there too for each directory not already declared which you want Apache to be able to access contents under.
Re-reading yesterdays emails it seems you have already established that, I was engrossed in figuring out where you might be in the process and lost track of what you had said.
Your directory stanza looks OK to me, it just isn't enough on its own.
Any progress?
G
No, I'm stuck looking at the default page.
You can create another (or iirc just extend it) if you want to add other (domain-)name-based sites in future.
* in the virtualhost tag as in "*:portNo" means "all domains", so these would need to be specified if >1.
This tutorial (amongst others I'm sure) explains the Debian approach:
https://vitux.com/debian-apache/
You may find that putting a suitable <VirtualHost> stanza around your directory stanza in apache2.conf works (eg. copy the relevant parts from 000-default), though I think you would at least need to disable 000-default if you do. For that:
$ sudo a2dissite 000-default
I think the most pain-free method is likely to be to edit or add to the files in
/etc/apache2/sites-available/
That sounds doable. Is there an existing file that could be copied to
geneslinuxbox and edited to accomplish that? I am amazed at the
lack of examples in this distribution.
Its also a compromised effort as the replacement lens in my right,
master eye from cataract surgery several years ago has gotten foggy,
effecting my ability to read t-birds fine print. So I'll do a ctl+ 2 or
3 times,
then print the original.
Hope that helps.
Gareth
It should, thank you. I'll report later, after I've switched the stat for AC
as its 89F@13:00 out, forecast for the mid 90's today.
Thank you, take care & stay well.
So now I need a <Directory /path/to/dir> stanza in apache2.conf that works.
This one doesn't:
<Directory /opt/www/geneslinuxbox>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>
Do I need to comment out the default page to expose mine?
I have constructed that path, made a subdir for buster armhf
stuff in it and placed an preempt-rt kernel file in it.
Cheers, Gene Heskett.
--
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
- Louis D. Brandeis
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