Apache HTTP Server Configuration Examples

References

Environment	Commands	Note
Source	/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectrl configtest /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -t
RHEL7/CentOS7	apachectl configtest httpd -t
RHEL6/CentOS6 RHEL5/CentOS5	/etc/init.d/httpd configtest service httpd configtest

Directory	Disable Command	Enable Command	explanation
/etc/apache2/conf-available /etc/apache2/conf-enabled	a2disconf	a2enconf
/etc/apache2/mods-available /etc/apache2/mods-enabled	a2dismod	a2enmod
/etc/apache2/sites-available /etc/apache2/sites-enabled	a2dissite	a2ensite	Virtual host Configuration

Configuration	Note
HostnameLookups Off	Log the names of clients or just their IP addresses

Configuration	Note
ServerTokens Prod	This directive configures what you return as the Server HTTP response Header Prod or ProductOnly Prod displays “Server:Apache”
ServerSignature Off	Optionally add a line containing the server version and virtual host name to server-generated pages
TraceEnable Off	The 'HTTP TRACE' request is used as a debugging tool eo echo all the received information.

<Directory /var/www/html>
  Options -Indexes
</Directory>

<Directory />
  Options None
  AllowOverrride None
  Order allow,deny
  Allow from all
</Directory>