In apache 2.4 by default you need to whitelist the directories you want to allow access to outside of the default server root. You can do that by adding a directory block as follows:
<Directory "/srv/www"> Require all granted </Directory> The full details are at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/upgrading.html Linode has a good summary for common issues at https://library.linode.com/web-servers/apache/2.2-2.4-upgrade#sph_virtual-host-settings-updates I hope that helps, -- Sander On Jul 18, 2014 9:37 AM, "Scott DuBois" <sdub...@linux.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > Over the last few days I've been working on setting up a new VirtualHost > inside Kubuntu 14.04 and been having difficulty getting any results > outside of the /var/www directory. > > I've been playing around with LAMP stacks for a number of years as > simple development platforms for HTML, CSS and MySQL projects but as I'm > starting to learn Perl and thought I would set up CGI scripting to > /var/www which is working great then got a "wild hair" and thought I > would try setting up a new VirtualHost pointed to /srv for practice in > going through the motions of getting this to work but I'm still getting > permission errors. > > I did a2ensite which resolved just fine and chmod /srv to 755 > recursively as well as insuring all the files below are executable. My > file inside /etc/apache2/sites-enabled (sym'd to sites-available) is set > as such: > > <VirtualHost *:80> > ServerName roguehorse > ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost > DocumentRoot /srv > #ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /srv/cgi-bin/ > <Directory "/srv/cgi-bin"> > AllowOverride All > Options ExecCGI Multiviews FollowSymLinks > AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl .py > Allow from all > </Directory> > </VirtualHost> > > This file was copied from the 000-default.conf file as per the > instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/14.04/serverguide/httpd.html > > I have definitely remembered to reset the server multiple times as well > to make sure the changes have taken effect. > > If someone could help me out with what I'm doing wrong to get access to > /srv through my loopback I would most grateful! > > Also, this is simply a localhost installation that doesn't see the > outside but simply a platform for learning so strict permissions is not > a big priority as much as just getting the process to work then go from > there. > -- > Scott DuBois > President EBLUG > BSIT Software Engineering > Freenode: Roguehorse > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca >
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