When should I use this autoindex.conf?
Use it to restore a missing default, confirm what shipped, or diff against your current Apache HTTP Server config.
# 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
curl https://exampleconfig.com/api/v1/config/original/958f2742a80ae30f95507fb84e9eb018?hint=autoindex.conf
wget -O autoindex.conf https://exampleconfig.com/api/v1/config/original/958f2742a80ae30f95507fb84e9eb018?hint=autoindex.conf
<prompt><role>DevOps agent</role><source url='https://exampleconfig.com/api/v1/config/original/958f2742a80ae30f95507fb84e9eb018?hint=autoindex.conf' /><config><app>Apache HTTP Server</app><os>Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)</os><location>/etc/apache2/mods-available/autoindex.conf</location><lines>91</lines><md5>958f2742a80ae30f95507fb84e9eb018</md5><sha256>9274dc923f9a3fd23bfea7af95c748b0f73e4d73071cb1af75479bea072b6d79</sha256></config></prompt>
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sudo apk add apache2
sudo apt update && sudo apt install apache2
sudo yum install httpd
sudo apt update && sudo apt install apache2
When should I use this autoindex.conf?
Use it to restore a missing default, confirm what shipped, or diff against your current Apache HTTP Server config.
How do I restore Apache HTTP Server defaults?
Download the file, back up the current one in /etc/apache2/mods-available/autoindex.conf, replace it, then reload or restart Apache HTTP Server.
Is autoindex.conf safe for production?
It is the vendor default for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat). Treat it as a baseline and review security and performance settings before production use.
How does this differ from other OS versions?
Defaults vary by distro and version. This copy matches Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat).
Can I use this for Apache HTTP Server troubleshooting?
Yes. Diff it against yours to find drift, then restore only the sections you need.