Web root Alias directory

Question

I want to use another directory come to use in my web server with Apache in Ubuntu?

I'm new user in Ubuntu. I want step by step for understand. Help me please.

ps. KUbuntu 14.10, apache2

Solution

Quoted from http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/urlmapping.html

Files Outside the DocumentRoot

There are frequently circumstances where it is necessary to allow web access to parts of the filesystem that are not strictly underneath the DocumentRoot. Apache offers several different ways to accomplish this. On Unix systems, symbolic links can bring other parts of the filesystem under the DocumentRoot. For security reasons, Apache will follow symbolic links only if the Options setting for the relevant directory includes FollowSymLinks or SymLinksIfOwnerMatch.

Alternatively, the Alias directive will map any part of the filesystem into the web space. For example, with

Alias /docs /var/web the URL http://www.example.com/docs/dir/file.html will be served from /var/web/dir/file.html.....

What does this mean?

sudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

It will open:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

    DocumentRoot /var/www
    <Directory />
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
    </Directory>
    <Directory /var/www/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
    </Directory>

Now add the alias and the directory permissions , suppose add /pics and I will use the Pictures directory in my home to server it.

output would be like:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

    DocumentRoot /var/www
    Alias /docs /home/user/Pictures
    <Directory />
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
    </Directory>
    <Directory /var/www/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
    </Directory>
    <Directory /home/user/Pictures>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
    </Directory>

Now restart apache service

sudo service apache2 restart

Now when typing localhost/pics this will serve from /home/user/Pictures instead of /var/www

Comments

[Chumpen Suksapar]

i have only '000-default.conf' in /etc/apache2/sites-available.

[Chumpen Suksapar]

in side this file no have <Directory> tage