Get the default configuration file autoindex.conf for Apache, optimized for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin). 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>
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curl https://exampleconfig.com/static/raw/apache/ubuntu12.04/etc/apache2/mods-enabled/autoindex.conf > autoindex.conf.example
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