Apache: Serving files Outside the set DocumentRoot Path

compused · 03-13-2012, 07:45 PM

Hi
DocumentRoot is defined in the main apache config file:

Code:

DocumentRoot "/share/Web"

But I am wanting to serve files via virtual host on port 104, from a different path to DocumentRoot, ie:

Code:

/share/MD0_DATA/server_dir

So this is what I have...something is causing a 403 error?

Code:

<VirtualHost *:104>
	ServerName my_server
	DocumentRoot "/share/MD0_DATA/server_dir"
#
Alias / "/share/MD0_DATA/server_dir"
#
<Directory "/share/MD0_DATA/server_dir">
	Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
	AllowOverride All
	Order allow,deny
	Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Thanks
Compfused

verigoth · 03-13-2012, 08:13 PM

403 error could mean a few things. Is there an index.html file in there?
Does the web server have permission to access that folder? (i.e. same owner/group as /share/Web owns /share/MD0_DATA/server_dir)

compused · 03-14-2012, 06:13 AM

This worked for me; I did not need the Alias setting at all even though the DocumentRoot for port 80 was /share/web ie totally different:

Code:

<VirtualHost *:104>
	ServerName my_server
	DocumentRoot "/share/MD0_DATA/server_dir"
#
#
<Directory "/share/MD0_DATA/server_dir">
	allow from all
        Options +Indexes
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>