When should I use this autoindex.conf?
Restore it. Compare it. Start clean.
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
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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# 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
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?
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.