Questions tagged [apache2]
The Apache HTTPd Server. When asking questions about virtualhosts, please include the output of the following command: "apache2ctl -S" (or "httpd -S" depending on your OS)
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command for checking Apache configuration
I'm looking for a command that checks the validity of the config files in Apache server on both Debian and RHEL distros. I need to do this prior to restart, so there will be no downtime.
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Purpose of Debian "sites-available" and "sites-enabled" directories?
Can anyone tell me—in a nutshell—what the purpose of these two directories are in Debian?
/etc/apache2/sites-enabled
/etc/apache2/sites-available
I notice that diffing sites-available/000-default ...
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Does Apache Webserver use log4j (CVE-2021-44228)?
Does the apache webserver (apache2) use log4j?
I have Apache2 2.4.38 (debian) installed on Raspberry Pi OS (64bit) and found some strange records in my log regarding CVE-2021-44228 from kryptoslogic-...
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Stop Apache gracefully
Is there a way to stop the Apache server without terminating executing requests, basically a way to tell it - don't accept any more connections and shut down when you finish your current ones?
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WSGI : Truncated or oversized response headers received from daemon process
System Configuration : Apache2, Django 1.10, Python 3, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Django debug=True.
/var/log/apache2/error.log
[52:53.057967] [wsgi:error] [pid 4303] [client 1.1.1.22:24409] Timeout when ...
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Apache2: sites-enabled vs conf-enabled?
What is the difference between conf-enabled and sites-enabled (or conf-available and sites-available if you want to think of it that way)?
When should a file go in one but not the other?
Are they read ...
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Why does my Let's Encrypt certificate contain references to Cloudflare?
I own a website that uses a Let's Encrypt certificate. It's not behind Cloudflare, it's hosted at OVH and I'm accepting direct traffic from it.
Now, I set up an apache2 webserver and used certbot to ...
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apache2: Saves files on /tmp in a 'system-private-[hash]' instead of just saving folders as defined in the code
For some reason, when I try to save a file (generated by PHP under /www/appname/module) - it is saved under
/tmp/systemd-private-015eb2e9f67b4eef862c68e99fe0ba30-apache2.service-9h6i08
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Simple reverse proxy with Traefik
I'm currently using Apache as proxy for my LXD containers, using this kind of settings:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.com
ProxyRequests off
ProxyPass / http://10.0.0.142/ ...
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What is the difference between HTTP_HOST and HTTPS_HOST in apache .htaccess files?
I'm editing an .htaccess file..
In RewriteCondition for RewriteRules, HTTPS_HOST seems to only match urls that are accessed via https:// protocol (ssl). I saw in docs somewhere that it's a T/F ...
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Does AWS offer a way to route HTTPS traffic to two different EC2 instances based on directory path?
I was wondering if the following is possible with AWS offerings?
https://www.example.com/a/ -> served by Apache on EC2 Instance A
https://www.example.com/b/ -> served by Apache on EC2 Instance B
To ...
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Changing A record and CNAME records
Currently I'm using a LAMP configuration for both my landing page page, for the web app, and for the APIs. Now I'd like to split these things across multiple Virtual Servers (VS). I'm unsure of the ...
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How can I forward requests from my web server?
This is a Canonical Question about reverse proxies, how they work and how they are configured.
How can I serve requests from a service on a different port or from a different server with the same ...
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Trying to get 100% in ssllabs.com key exchange
I wanted to know what steps are needed to get 100% on every category in ssllabs.com. I am aware that this could lead to problems in older systems, but I dont care.
My letsencrypt.org certificate ...
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What is the difference between default-ssl.conf and what is 000-default-le-ssl.conf?
default-ssl.conf is quite self-explanatory. I assume it's for default values that would be used when no vhost or other config overrides it.
But what exactly is 000-default-le-ssl.conf file? Why is it ...
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"No space left on device: AH00023: Couldn't create the mpm-accept mutex" when restarting httpd
My server sometimes gets filled up with connections in apache stuck in a "Sending Reply" state, requiring me to restart apache. Most of the time this works, but sometimes I will get this ...
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Reason for "Gateway Timeout" (mod_wsgi)
I get "Gateway Timeout"
504: The gateway did not receive a timely response from the upstream server or application.
I use apache with mod_wsgi Version 4.4.8.
In the apache error log I see:
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"systemctl start service" when service already started
I, what happen's precisely when you run systemctl start apache2 (or other service) while service already started ?
Can it cause trouble to start several hundred times a day apache2 service? (to ...
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Apache2 access.log has multiple lines that say "combine"
I'm running an Apache2 webserver on Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS. I noticed that my access.log has several lines that simply say combine on them, with no information about the request or anything else. There ...
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How to migrate letsencrypt renewal from apache2 to nginx
I inherited a very new magento configuration from a previous employee (who left for another job) where I currently work. The original Magento was set up with v2.1.8 but I have had to update/upgrade ...
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Reconfiguring PHP 5.6 to run on MacOS 10.13 High Sierra
I need to get PHP 5.6 running on a Mac that had to be updated to 10.13. So I reinstalled 5.6, verified its location, and added it to httpd.conf:
LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so
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Apache's htcacheclean doesn't scale: How to tame a huge Apache disk_cache?
We have an Apache setup with a huge disk_cache (>500.000 entries, >50 GB disk space used).
The cache grows by 16 GB every day.
My problem is that the cache seems to be growing nearly as fast as it's ...
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Apache Virtual Hosts - Map different paths of the same domain (or IP) to different sites
I'm running Apache/2.4.29 (Ubuntu).
I have only one domain name.
I would like to map different sites to different paths after the domain name.
For example:
mydomain.com/test001 maps to /var/www/...
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How can I remove IP addresses from log files after some time
I have an apache/nginx/whatever web server which logs client IP addresses to the access logs. Now these log files are rotated via logrotate.
I want to keep the IP addresses for some days, then after ...
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Nginx 444 error eqivalent in Apache?
Is there any way to produce same Nginx 444 error in apache.
Nginx
444--> Connection Closed Without Response.
I like this error since if anyone tries to CURL he gets an empty response, but not so ...
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.htaccess - Exclude folder from basic auth protection
I have a website where no one is allowed to enter without entering the basic auth credentials.
However, I need the media folder to be accessible by everyone, because we are using a third party ...
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Changing default Apache log permissions
For some development servers, I want to make all the Apache log files accessible via the web so developers can more easily debug. I've figured out how to modify the Apache site config to make the ...
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Redirect all urls to the root except /wp-admin and wp-json
I try to redirect all urls to the root except for the wordpress administration and the wordpress REST API.
I have these rules in my .htaccess:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
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How to have apache handle .well-known/acme-challenge and still have / passed to wsgi
In order to support automatic LetsEncrypt certificate renewal certbot uses the --apache handler.
e.g.
certbot renew --apache
This handler installs a temporary VirtualHost for */.well-known/acme-...
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Unable to limit Apache server-status page to localhost
I am using Apache 2.4.18 on Ubuntu.
I want to allow reading server status only from localhost.
In /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/status.conf I have:
<Location /server-status>
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Virtual host not working AWS apache
I have following virtual host ( in apache2.conf file ) to load all subdomain from a single directory on AWS
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
ServerName mydevsite.com
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Apache's mod_rewrite and PHP's REQUEST_URI variable
I have an issue with Apache passing to the PHP $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] variable the URL after it has been rewritten rather than the original one requested.
I am doing this rewriting because I had a ...
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How to make mod_wsgi use Python 3.9?
I originally had Python 3.6 installed and working well with WSGI and Apache2 on my Linux server.
Then I created a Flask app that had a dependency needing Python 3.7.
I've successfully (and I think) ...
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Accidentally deleted /tmp/systemd-private-015eb2a30-apache2.service-9h6i
I accidentally deleted systemd-private-015eb2e9f67b4eef862c68e99fe0ba30-apache2.service-9h6i08 from my /tmp folder:
sudo rm -R /tmp/systemd-private-015eb2e9f67b4eef862c68e99fe0ba30-apache2.service-...
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Apache: Return static string for location
For a .well-known path, I want to return a static JSON file/string.
With nginx, this seems to be possible without creating that file by specifying the content in the configuration file:
location /....
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Warning: DocumentRoot does not exist... But it does
I'm trying to host 3 sites with Apache in Ubuntu 20.04 but when I try connecting to them I get
Not Found. The requested URL was not found on this server.
This is my virtual host file
<VirtualHost ...
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Enable cross origin for subdomain
I have 2 subdomains, av.xyz.example and video.xyz.example. I want to enable CORS for video.xyz.example on av.xyz.example.
I have added the following code snippet in the apache configuration file of ...
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Apache2 mod_substitute not working in <Location>
I have a working Reverse Proxy that is active only on a specific Location in my site, in this case for example: www.example.com/reverseproxy/site1 I am reverse proxying site1. I want to replace some ...
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apache2 sends corrupt responses when using a cifs-share
I have a problem with a ubuntu-instance (Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS) and apache2 (Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu)). One virtual-host is serving some html-files and documents from a mounted cifs-share. The cifs-share ...
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What is a good way to detect DoS and DDoS in Fail2Ban?
I am configuring Fail2Ban on my Ubuntu web server to prevent it from being a victim of DoS / DDoS. I don't want to use Cloudflare because I have to route my DNS over and use their SSl cert.
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Apache - Allow access to globally aliased directory without auth
I got a virtualhost, which has some access restrictions configured like this:
<Location "/">
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Restricted Content"
AuthUserFile /var/www/domain/htdocs/....
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debugging stuck apache/php thread on production server
I have a linux system with apache httpd and PHP which is loaded using LoadModule php5_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp5.so.
I've enabled the mod_status module of apache and I see a particular ...
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warning: /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling
today i set up a mailserver with a german tutorial from here:
Now i'm done and need help with my issues. Sry for bad english - i hope my informations help u to help me ^^
mail.log:
Nov 18 16:30:00 ...
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Does the default Apache build not have PIE (position independent executable)?
I just built Apache from source, not something I usually do, and noticed that one of the build options was:
--enable-pie
This builds httpd as a Position Independent Executable which as I understand ...
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Can I use apache2 and memcache in same server?
I am really new to server development. I have a server (Server version: Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu)) for Django and it's running on apache2. I want to use Memcache for a large queryset. I just wanna use ...
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apache multiviews, how to disable it
I have a OS X Snow Leropard Server running and I want to disable multivewis from Apache. I could add Options -MultiViews to each .htacces file I have, but I guess there must be a global option. ...
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Apache RewriteMap with URLs containing space doesn't work
I am actually using a RewriteMap directive inside my vhost to redirect a list of 800 URLs. It works quiet well:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteMap redirects dbm=db:/data/apps/project/current/configuration/...
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Is Apache with mod_http2 vulnerable to Http/2 Rapid Reset CVE-2023-44487
I can't find anything about this on the apache site, so I've disabled http/2 as a precaution. Any information how to secure Apache2 against this?
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Why is $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] sometimes example.com and sometimes example.com:443?
This is an Ubuntu server running PHP 7 on Apache, with a website which enforces TLS (using the standard port). To my understanding, https://example.com and https://example.com:443 are exactly ...
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How do I distribute HTTP traffic to the closest server?
This is kind of a two part question. So I have a DigitalOcean Droplet in Toronto with a lamp stack on it (with a website of course). I want to be create a snapshot of that droplet and deploy a clone ...
