How to make Apache2 to use nfs mount with symlinks

jetberrocal · 12-01-2016, 07:08 PM

I have not done your last suggestions. I don't know why the thread changes/additions are not being notified to my email even that I am supposedly registered to the thread and set to receive notifications immediately. As soon as I can do your request I will post back.

By the way I did not install nfs-client itself but nfs-common.

jetberrocal · 12-02-2016, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by szboardstretcher

What I am wondering now is ... try this ...

Code:

cd /var/www/html
ln -s /diskb/sarg/sarg-reports/TEXTFILE asymlink
echo "HELLO" > /diskb/sarg/sarg-reports/TEXTFILE

then try to hit http://yourserver/asymlink

I did that and it worked.

I see a web page with the word HELLO.

By the way I executed the command lines with root user

szboardstretcher · 12-02-2016, 02:42 PM

Ok. So YOUR original symlink is pointing to a directory and not a file.

Code:

LINKS
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   24 Nov 21 14:09 sarg-reports -> /diskb/sarg/sarg-reports
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   30 Nov 21 14:11 sarg-reports-squid -> /diskb/sarg/sarg-reports-squid

DIRECTORIES
drwxr-xr-x 2 root       root       64 Nov 23 11:30 sarg-reports
drwxr-xr-x 2 root       root       64 Nov 23 11:53 sarg-reports-squid

My TEST symlink points to a FILE and proves that NFS is working, permissions are correct, and symlinks are allowed.

Looking back at our conversation and your symlinks - are you pointing to a directory on purpose? Do you want to display the directory contents in the browser? is that what you are trying to do?

If so, then look up DirectoryIndex and configure it correctly for your server.

If not, then create your symlink to point to a file instead of a directory.

jetberrocal · 12-02-2016, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by szboardstretcher

Ok. So YOUR original symlink is pointing to a directory and not a file.

Code:

LINKS
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   24 Nov 21 14:09 sarg-reports -> /diskb/sarg/sarg-reports
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   30 Nov 21 14:11 sarg-reports-squid -> /diskb/sarg/sarg-reports-squid

DIRECTORIES
drwxr-xr-x 2 root       root       64 Nov 23 11:30 sarg-reports
drwxr-xr-x 2 root       root       64 Nov 23 11:53 sarg-reports-squid

My TEST symlink points to a FILE and proves that NFS is working, permissions are correct, and symlinks are allowed.

Looking back at our conversation and your symlinks - are you pointing to a directory on purpose? Do you want to display the directory contents in the browser? is that what you are trying to do?

If so, then look up DirectoryIndex and configure it correctly for your server.

If not, then create your symlink to point to a file instead of a directory.

Please click yes on all the posts you found helpful to increase my reputation.

Yes, I am pointing it to a Directory on purpose. I want to display all web pages and subdirectories web pages inside the Directory.

szboardstretcher · 12-02-2016, 03:14 PM

Right on. Try this configuration (notice the + ), restart apache, then:

Code:

<Directory /var/www/>
        Options +Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Require all granted
</Directory>

jetberrocal · 12-02-2016, 03:17 PM

apache2.conf has:

Code:

<Directory /var/www/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Require all granted
</Directory>

I should change to?:

Code:

<Directory /var/www/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        DirectoryIndex index.html
        AllowOverride None
        Require all granted
</Directory>

Or to?

Code:

<Directory /var/www/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        DirectoryIndex disable
        AllowOverride None
        Require all granted
</Directory>

I want apache to make its own index file if it does not found any index file

szboardstretcher · 12-02-2016, 03:24 PM

For starters, add a plus sign + to Indexes,.. like this

Code:

Options +Indexes FollowSymLinks

And see if that gets us a directory listing.

jetberrocal · 12-02-2016, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by szboardstretcher

For starters, add a plus sign + to Indexes,.. like this

Code:

Options +Indexes FollowSymLinks

And see if that gets us a directory listing.

Service failed to start.

Code:

root@e2guardian:/etc/apache2# journalctl -xn
-- Logs begin at Thu 2016-10-27 11:45:12 AST, end at Fri 2016-12-02 17:36:51 AST. --
Dec 02 17:35:13 e2guardian apache2[21043]: AH00526: Syntax error on line 165 of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf:
Dec 02 17:35:13 e2guardian apache2[21043]: Either all Options must start with + or -, or no Option may.
Dec 02 17:35:13 e2guardian apache2[21043]: Action 'configtest' failed.
Dec 02 17:35:13 e2guardian apache2[21043]: The Apache error log may have more information.
Dec 02 17:35:13 e2guardian systemd[1]: apache2.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Dec 02 17:35:13 e2guardian systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Apache2 web server.
-- Subject: Unit apache2.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit apache2.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Dec 02 17:35:13 e2guardian systemd[1]: Unit apache2.service entered failed state.

I will add the + sign to Followsymlinks to verify

jetberrocal · 12-02-2016, 03:46 PM

I added the + sign to the options.

Code:

<Directory /var/www/>
        Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Require all granted
</Directory>

Service started successfully.

Tried and got:

You don't have permission to access /sarg-reports-test on this server.
You don't have permission to access /sarg-reports-test/index.html on this server.