Setting up httpd.conf

NotionCommotion · 03-19-2014, 06:05 PM

I am installing gitlab per https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlab-r.../centos#apache

They instruct to replace /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf with this file: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab...itlab-ssl.conf

I am starting to think it might not be a good idea, and wonder if I should instead edit the existing httpd.conf and ssl.conf files. Note my desire is to have both gitlab running on my server as well as other sites. My reasons are:

/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf has "Include conf.d/*.conf" which is located before the default webserver section. It appears that this makes the virtual server specified in gitlab.conf become the default server.
There is a bunch of other stuff in the original ssl.conf. Is any of these still necessary?

Any thoughts?

TenTenths · 03-20-2014, 03:02 AM

Back up the whole of /etc/httpd and then try both options and see which works best for you.

NotionCommotion · 03-20-2014, 05:55 AM

Thanks TenTenths,

Am I right in thinking that the creating of a virtual server in /etc/httpd/conf.d will superseed the default server created in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf?

TenTenths · 03-20-2014, 09:22 AM

It's been my experience that the first defined server becomes the default, so if you have your include conf.d "above" your definition in httpd.conf then the first config read from conf.d will become the default.