[Ubuntu-US-CA] Server 14.04 new VirtualHost

[Scott DuBois]

On 07/18/2014 06:33 PM, Sander van Zoest wrote:
> In apache 2.4 by default you need to whitelist the directories you want
> to allow access to outside of the default server root. You can do that
> by adding a directory block as follows:
> 
> <Directory "/srv/www">
>   Require all granted
> </Directory>
> 
> The full details are at
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/upgrading.html
> 
> Linode has a good summary for common issues at
> https://library.linode.com/web-servers/apache/2.2-2.4-upgrade#sph_virtual-host-settings-updates
> 
> I hope that helps,
> 
> -- Sander
> 
> On Jul 18, 2014 9:37 AM, "Scott DuBois" <sdubois at linux.com
> <mailto:sdubois at linux.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi All,
> 
>     Over the last few days I've been working on setting up a new VirtualHost
>     inside Kubuntu 14.04 and been having difficulty getting any results
>     outside of the /var/www directory.
> 
>     I've been playing around with LAMP stacks for a number of years as
>     simple development platforms for HTML, CSS and MySQL projects but as I'm
>     starting to learn Perl and thought I would set up CGI scripting to
>     /var/www which is working great then got a "wild hair" and thought I
>     would try setting up a new VirtualHost pointed to /srv for practice in
>     going through the motions of getting this to work but I'm still getting
>     permission errors.
> 
>     I did a2ensite which resolved just fine and chmod /srv to 755
>     recursively as well as insuring all the files below are executable. My
>     file inside /etc/apache2/sites-enabled (sym'd to sites-available) is set
>     as such:
> 
>     <VirtualHost *:80>
>             ServerName roguehorse
>             ServerAdmin webmaster at localhost
>             DocumentRoot /srv
>             #ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /srv/cgi-bin/
>            <Directory "/srv/cgi-bin">
>                 AllowOverride All
>                 Options ExecCGI Multiviews FollowSymLinks
>                 AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl .py
>                 Allow from all
>            </Directory>
>     </VirtualHost>
> 
>     This file was copied from the 000-default.conf file as per the
>     instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/14.04/serverguide/httpd.html
> 
>     I have definitely remembered to reset the server multiple times as well
>     to make sure the changes have taken effect.
> 
>     If someone could help me out with what I'm doing wrong to get access to
>     /srv through my loopback I would most grateful!
> 
>     Also, this is simply a localhost installation that doesn't see the
>     outside but simply a platform for learning so strict permissions is not
>     a big priority as much as just getting the process to work then go from
>     there.
>     --
>     Scott DuBois
>     President EBLUG
>     BSIT Software Engineering
>     Freenode: Roguehorse
> 
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> 

Good advice but both VirtualHosts are still pulling data from /var/www.

-- 
Scott DuBois
President EBLUG
BSIT Software Engineering
Freenode: Roguehorse