Ubuntu server 12.04/apache2

Ubuntu Server 12.04

apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-php5
# enable modrewrite
ln -s ../mods-available/rewrite.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/rewrite.load

Configuring an Apache server

Configuration is in /etc/apache2

Initial Setup

cat <<EOF >>/etc/apache2/mods-available/cgi.load
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
EOF
 
cat <<EOF >/etc/apache2/mods-available/proxy.conf
<IfModule mod_proxy.c>
  ProxyVia On
  ProxyRequests On
  <Proxy *>
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
    Allow from 127.0.0.1
    Allow from .attie.co.uk
  </Proxy>
</IfModule>
EOF
 
cat <<EOF >>/etc/apache2/conf.d/security
# prevent access to sensitive files
RedirectMatch 404 /\\.svn(/|$)
RedirectMatch 404 /\\.git(/|$)
RedirectMatch 404 /\\.ht
EOF
 
ln -sf ../mods-available/proxy.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/proxy.load
ln -sf ../mods-available/proxy.conf /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/proxy.conf
ln -sf ../mods-available/proxy_http.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/proxy_http.load
ln -sf ../mods-available/proxy_ftp.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/proxy_ftp.load
ln -sf ../mods-available/proxy_ftp.conf /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/proxy_ftp.conf
ln -sf ../mods-available/proxy_connect.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/proxy_connect.load

Site Configuration

Store site content in /home/www

mkdir /home/www
chown www-data:www-data -R /home/www

Path goes with TLD first, and a few other rules. Access and Error logs are stored in the TLD's directory, with the subdomain prefixed. E.g:

Domain / Subdomain		Root Dir
www.attie.co.uk	→	/home/www/attie.co.uk/htdocs
wiki.attie.co.uk	→	/home/www/attie.co.uk/wiki
joke.test.attie.co.uk	→	/home/www/attie.co.uk/test.joke

As the default configuration will deny access to .ht*, we can use .htinfo to store the configuration and logs.

Content	${ROOTDIR}/
Config	${ROOTDIR}/.htinfo/config
Access Log	${ROOTDIR}/.htinfo/access.log
Error Log	${ROOTDIR}/.htinfo/error.log

Start/Restart

service apache2 restart

Setup sites

Add a site file in /etc/apache2/sites-available. Enable the site by symlinking it into /etc/apache2/sites-enabled.

If there is a reason to load one site before another, then use a prefix other than 50.

ln -s /home/www/attie.co.uk/htdocs/.htinfo/config /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/50-www.attie.co.uk

Sample config

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerAdmin webmaster@attie.co.uk
  ServerName attie.co.uk
  ServerAlias www.attie.co.uk
  DocumentRoot "/home/www/attie.co.uk/htdocs"
  CustomLog "/home/www/attie.co.uk/htdocs/.htinfo/access.log" combined
  ErrorLog "/home/www/attie.co.uk/htdocs/.htinfo/error.log"
</VirtualHost>