1. #5
Day #2
Using Apache to Serve Static Content
Wildan Maulana
wildan.m@openthinklabs.com
http://workshop.openthinklabs.com

2. Overview
● How to configure Apache to listen on different
IP addresses and ports
● How to organize the URL space with directory
aliasing and redirection
● How to customize the server information and
error messages

3. Addresses, Ports, and Server
Names
Listen ipaddress:port
ServerName UseCanonicalName

4. Customizing the Web Server
● Error Messages
● International Error Messages
● Handling URL Errors: mod_speling
● Customizing Server Information
● Server Identification
● Contact Information

5. Customizing the Web Server
Error Messages
ErrorDocument
ErrorDocument 500 http://foo.example.com/cgi-bin/tester
ErrorDocument 404 /cgi-bin/bad_urls.pl
ErrorDocument 401 /subscription_info.html
ErrorDocument 403 "Sorry can't allow you access today"

6. Customizing the Web Server
International Error Messages
Server Side Includes (mod_include) and content
negotiation (mod_negotiation).
Custom Error Codes

7. Customizing the Web Server
Handling URL Errors: mod_speling
CheckSpelling

8. Customizing the Web Server
Server Identification & Contact Information
ServerTokens Options
Settings Output
ServerTokens ProductOnly Apache
ServerTokens Minimal Apache/2.0.28
ServerTokens OS Apache/2.0.28 (Unix)
ServerTokens Full Apache/2.0.28 (Unix) SSL/2.0. 0
ServerSignature On/Off
ServerAdmin admin@email.example.com

9. Aliasing and Mapping of Resources
Alias /icons/ /usr/local/apache2/icons/
AliasMatch ^/help(.*) /usr/local/apache/htdocs/manual$1

10. URL Redirection
Redirect temp /news/ http://example.com/latest/news/

11. MIME Types
● Directives :
● TypesConfig
● AddType
– AddType text/xml xml
● DefaultType
● MIME Type List

12. MIME Magic
mod_mime_magic
MimeMagicFile

13. The ForceType Directive
<Location /images/>
ForceType image/gif
</Location>

14. Content Handlers
AddHandler
RemoveHandler SetHandler

15. Directory Listings
Default Document Index
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm
Directory Indexing
mod_autoindex

16. Forbidding Directory Access
● Disable the mod_autoindex
● Use the Options-Indexes directive
● Use IndexIgnore directive.

17. Trailing Slash
mod_dir

18. Icons for Bookmarks
AliasMatch /favicon.ico /usr/local/apache2/icons/site.ico
Icon

19. Q&A
http://workshop.openthinklabs.com/resources

20. Reference
● Daniel Lopez Ridruezo; SAMS Teach Yourself
Apache2 in 24 Hours, SAMS Publishing, 2002
(Buy this book on Amazon)