Apache HTTP Server /etc/apache2/mods-available/autoindex.conf

Original ๐Ÿ“‹ Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) 91 lines

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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)
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Debian 13 (Trixie)
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Details

Size
91 lines
MD5
958f2742a80ae30f95507fb84e9eb018
SHA256
9274dc923f9a3fd23bfea7af95c748b0f73e4d73071cb1af75479bea072b6d79

Copy & Paste

curl:
curl https://exampleconfig.com/api/v1/config/original/958f2742a80ae30f95507fb84e9eb018?hint=autoindex.conf
wget:
wget -O autoindex.conf https://exampleconfig.com/api/v1/config/original/958f2742a80ae30f95507fb84e9eb018?hint=autoindex.conf

For AI Agents

You are a DevOps agent. Fetch the default Apache HTTP Server config for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) from https://exampleconfig.com/api/v1/config/original/958f2742a80ae30f95507fb84e9eb018?hint=autoindex.conf. Compare with my current /etc/apache2/mods-available/autoindex.conf and summarize differences and safe changes.

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/etc/apache2/mods-available/autoindex.conf
# Directives controlling the display of server-generated directory listings.

#
# IndexOptions: Controls the appearance of server-generated directory
# listings.
# Remove/replace the "Charset=UTF-8" if you don't use UTF-8 for your filenames.
IndexOptions FancyIndexing VersionSort HTMLTable NameWidth=* DescriptionWidth=* Charset=UTF-8

#
# AddIcon* directives tell the server which icon to show for different
# files or filename extensions.  These are only displayed for
# FancyIndexed directories.
AddIconByEncoding (CMP,/icons/compressed.gif) x-compress x-gzip x-bzip2

AddIconByType (TXT,/icons/text.gif) text/*
AddIconByType (IMG,/icons/image2.gif) image/*
AddIconByType (SND,/icons/sound2.gif) audio/*
AddIconByType (VID,/icons/movie.gif) video/*

AddIcon /icons/binary.gif .bin .exe
AddIcon /icons/binhex.gif .hqx
AddIcon /icons/tar.gif .tar
AddIcon /icons/world2.gif .wrl .wrl.gz .vrml .vrm .iv
AddIcon /icons/compressed.gif .Z .z .tgz .gz .zip
AddIcon /icons/a.gif .ps .ai .eps
AddIcon /icons/layout.gif .html .shtml .htm .pdf
AddIcon /icons/text.gif .txt
AddIcon /icons/c.gif .c
AddIcon /icons/p.gif .pl .py
AddIcon /icons/f.gif .for
AddIcon /icons/dvi.gif .dvi
AddIcon /icons/uuencoded.gif .uu
AddIcon /icons/script.gif .conf .sh .shar .csh .ksh .tcl
AddIcon /icons/tex.gif .tex
# It's a suffix rule, so simply matching "core" matches "score" as well !
AddIcon /icons/bomb.gif /core
AddIcon (SND,/icons/sound2.gif) .ogg
AddIcon (VID,/icons/movie.gif) .ogm

AddIcon /icons/back.gif ..
AddIcon /icons/hand.right.gif README
AddIcon /icons/folder.gif ^^DIRECTORY^^
AddIcon /icons/blank.gif ^^BLANKICON^^

# Default icons for OpenDocument format
AddIcon /icons/odf6odt-20x22.png .odt
AddIcon /icons/odf6ods-20x22.png .ods
AddIcon /icons/odf6odp-20x22.png .odp
AddIcon /icons/odf6odg-20x22.png .odg
AddIcon /icons/odf6odc-20x22.png .odc
AddIcon /icons/odf6odf-20x22.png .odf
AddIcon /icons/odf6odb-20x22.png .odb
AddIcon /icons/odf6odi-20x22.png .odi
AddIcon /icons/odf6odm-20x22.png .odm

AddIcon /icons/odf6ott-20x22.png .ott
AddIcon /icons/odf6ots-20x22.png .ots
AddIcon /icons/odf6otp-20x22.png .otp
AddIcon /icons/odf6otg-20x22.png .otg
AddIcon /icons/odf6otc-20x22.png .otc
AddIcon /icons/odf6otf-20x22.png .otf
AddIcon /icons/odf6oti-20x22.png .oti
AddIcon /icons/odf6oth-20x22.png .oth

#
# DefaultIcon is which icon to show for files which do not have an icon
# explicitly set.
DefaultIcon /icons/unknown.gif

#
# AddDescription allows you to place a short description after a file in
# server-generated indexes.  These are only displayed for FancyIndexed
# directories.
# Format: AddDescription "description" filename
#AddDescription "GZIP compressed document" .gz
#AddDescription "tar archive" .tar
#AddDescription "GZIP compressed tar archive" .tgz

#
# ReadmeName is the name of the README file the server will look for by
# default, and append to directory listings.
#
# HeaderName is the name of a file which should be prepended to
# directory indexes
ReadmeName README.html
HeaderName HEADER.html

#
# IndexIgnore is a set of filenames which directory indexing should ignore
# and not include in the listing.  Shell-style wildcarding is permitted.
IndexIgnore .??* *~ *# RCS CVS *,v *,t

Install Apache HTTP Server

Alpine Linux

sudo apk add apache2

Debian

sudo apt update && sudo apt install apache2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

sudo yum install httpd

Ubuntu

sudo apt update && sudo apt install apache2

File Location

File Path
/etc/apache2/mods-available/autoindex.conf
Directory
/etc/apache2/mods-available/
Significance
System-wide configuration directory
Description
Files in /etc/ contain system-wide configuration settings that affect all users.

FAQ

When should I use this autoindex.conf?

Restore it. Compare it. Start clean.

How do I restore Apache HTTP Server defaults?

Download, replace, restart.

Is autoindex.conf safe for production?

Yes. This is exactly what shipped. Safe starting point.

How does this differ from other OS versions?

Defaults change. This one is specific to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat).

Can I use this for Apache HTTP Server troubleshooting?

Absolutely. Diff this against yours to spot the problem.