Which httpd.conf file

[fdhbox]

Hello,

What is /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf for?
and What is /usr/local/directadmin/data/users/account_name/httpd.conf for?

Does each config file independent to each other?


Any help is highly appreciated.


fdhbox

 

[zEitEr]

Hello,

/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf - global Apache's config
/usr/local/directadmin/data/users/account_name/httpd.conf - Apache virtual hosts of users

 

[fdhbox]

so any /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf entries will also affect the virtual hosts?


Thank you.

 

[sparek]

/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf is the Apache configuration file that Apache actually reads.

Inside that /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file is a series of Include files, one of which is:

/etc/httpd/conf/extra/directadmin-vhosts.conf


When you create a new user, an httpd.conf file is created at /usr/local/directadmin/data/users/%user%/httpd.conf AND an include line is added to /etc/httpd/conf/extra/directadmin-vhosts.conf which includes this /usr/local/directadmin/data/users/%user%/httpd.conf file.

This /usr/local/directadmin/data/users/%user%/httpd.conf file contains all of the VirtualHost entries for the domains associated with %user%,

So when Apache is reloaded:

It reads /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf which leads to reading /etc/httpd/conf/extra/directadmin-vhosts.conf which leads to reading /usr/local/directadmin/data/users/%user%/httpd.conf

That is how VirtualHost entries get read by Apache.

 

[zEitEr]

so any /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf entries will also affect the virtual hosts?

Yes and no, depending on which settings, in what place and how you add. Check official Apache documentation for more details. If you want to customize Apache settings check:

[TD="colspan: 2"]- Using a custom VirtualHost template [/TD]

[TD="colspan: 2"]- Adding custom httpd.conf code to the VirtualHosts of a domain [/TD]