Get the default configuration file autoindex.conf for Apache, optimized for Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch). This example configuration ensures optimal compatibility and performance for Apache, making it easy to set up and adjust to meet your needs.
Find and download the configuration file here: /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/autoindex.conf.
For more configurations and setup guides, visit our related files section to further customize your system.
<IfModule mod_autoindex.c>
# 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
</IfModule>
# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet
Download the raw file with wget or curl
wget -O autoindex.conf.example https://exampleconfig.com/static/raw/apache/debian9/etc/apache2/mods-enabled/autoindex.conf
curl https://exampleconfig.com/static/raw/apache/debian9/etc/apache2/mods-enabled/autoindex.conf > autoindex.conf.example
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