configuring httpd.conf in centos

SarahGurung · 03-23-2012, 07:06 AM

In a virtual hosting environment how can i set AllowOverride to ALL for .htaccess file in the httpd.conf file only for a particular virtual host in a Centos server.

Because a particular client can view only his homepage and not others so i think it has got to with .htaccess file.

Or is it ok if i make AllowOverride to ALL for all the virtual hosts?

bathory · 03-23-2012, 12:06 PM

Hi,

Quote:

In a virtual hosting environment how can i set AllowOverride to ALL for .htaccess file in the httpd.conf file only for a particular virtual host in a Centos server.

You can put the "AllowOverride All" inside a <Directory /path/to/vhost/docroot>...</Directory> section in the vhost container of the particular vhost.
E.g.

Code:

<VirtualHost*:80>
ServerName www.domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/domain.com
<Directory /var/www/html/domain.com>
AllowOverride All
...
</Directory>
...
</VirtualHost>

Quote:

Or is it ok if i make AllowOverride to ALL for all the virtual hosts?

If you don't need .htaccess files, don't enable them globally, as it slows down your webserver. For an explanation have a look here

Regards

SarahGurung · 03-27-2012, 07:14 AM

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@host.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/example
<Directory /var/www/html/example>
AllowOverride ALL
</Directory>
ServerName www.example.com
ErrorLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-error_log
CustomLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

For some reason i have changed the name of the host n the sites here but the configuration is exactly the same and i did as told making this particular virtual host only to read the htaccess file..

Is this correct?

bathory · 03-27-2012, 12:03 PM

Hi,

Yes it's ok. Apache will look for .htaccess file only for the www.example.com vhost

Regards

SarahGurung · 03-27-2012, 11:59 PM

Hey thanks a lot.....