Where can I change the webpage shown by apache?

Question

I have ubuntu 10.10 installed, and when I hit my IP I see:

It works!

This is the default web page for this server.

The web server software is running but no content has been added, yet.

Where should I look to see where this is being served from?

The strange thing is, I just installed nginx and setup a static page that is served on port 80 also (should be conflicting with the default apache that is serving the 'it works page'), when I restart nginx I don't get bind error sayign port 80 is already taken.

I dont' use apache, and don't want it but the default install seems to have it. I ahve no idea where it is, I don't see it in /opt or etc/apache .

thanks!

Solution 1

you can put your webpage in /var/www/ you will need sudo access to be able to change anything there.

These are your options to do so.

1. Use mv on a file

You could use the terminal and the command mv.

Example:

1. cd /var/www/
2. mv ~/Desktop/FILENAME.html .

The dot isn't a misstake, it's that the destination is the current folder.

2. use a text editor

Another way to do it is just to open gedit (or any other editor) and save your file in /var/www/.

if you want to remove apache you could just type sudo apt-get remove apache in a terminal. If you are using apache2 then add a 2to the ending.

3. Make a link to the root folder

And if you are tired of having to use the root user to add a new webpage document, jsut make a link. Configuring Permissions for FTP and Apache

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By the way, you don't need to go to your IP, you can just go to your localhost in your browser. If you have several files in your folder, just add a file name like this: localhost/myfile.html

Solution 2

By default when to tell your browser to display "localhost" Apache will look in /var/www for a site to display. After a new Apache install it will find an index.html file. That is the file that displays the message you see. Index.html is the name normally used for the home page of a site. If no index.html file is in /var/www a directory listing of the files there will be displayed. You can replace the original index.html with an HTML file of your own. Don't forget that /var/www is owned by root.