When should I use this autoindex.conf?
Restore it. Compare it. Start clean.
curl https://exampleconfig.com/api/v1/config/original/c386a91bce410b691604b4b43edc8d7e?hint=autoindex.conf
wget -O autoindex.conf https://exampleconfig.com/api/v1/config/original/c386a91bce410b691604b4b43edc8d7e?hint=autoindex.conf
You are a DevOps agent. Fetch the default Apache HTTP Server config for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (Plow) from https://exampleconfig.com/api/v1/config/original/c386a91bce410b691604b4b43edc8d7e?hint=autoindex.conf. Compare with my current /etc/httpd/conf.d/autoindex.conf and summarize differences and safe changes.
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#
# Directives controlling the display of server-generated directory listings.
#
# Required modules: mod_authz_core, mod_authz_host,
# mod_autoindex, mod_alias
#
# To see the listing of a directory, the Options directive for the
# directory must include "Indexes", and the directory must not contain
# a file matching those listed in the DirectoryIndex directive.
#
#
# IndexOptions: Controls the appearance of server-generated directory
# listings.
#
IndexOptions FancyIndexing HTMLTable VersionSort
# We include the /icons/ alias for FancyIndexed directory listings. If
# you do not use FancyIndexing, you may comment this out.
#
Alias /icons/ "/usr/share/httpd/icons/"
<Directory "/usr/share/httpd/icons">
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>
#
# 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
AddIconByType (TXT,/icons/text.gif) text/*
AddIconByType (IMG,/icons/image2.gif) image/*
AddIconByType (SND,/icons/sound2.gif) audio/*
AddIconByType (VID,/icons/movie.gif) video/*
AddIconByType /icons/bomb.gif application/x-coredump
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
AddIcon /icons/back.gif ..
AddIcon /icons/hand.right.gif README
AddIcon /icons/folder.gif ^^DIRECTORY^^
AddIcon /icons/blank.gif ^^BLANKICON^^
#
# 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 .??* *~ *# HEADER* README* 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (Plow).
Can I use this for Apache HTTP Server troubleshooting?
Absolutely. Diff this against yours to spot the problem.