====== Apache Configuration File Walk Through ======

**General Information**

Explanation of major sections in the Apache Configuration file. 

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====== Main Config File ======

  * **Default Location**: /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

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**Important config file default directives**
  * ServerRoot "/etc/httpd" -> Where to look for web server configuration. Other config files are relative to this directory.
  * Listen 80 -> Listen on tcp port 80 (on all available addresses by default)

  * Include conf.modules.d/*.conf -> Load all of these Dynamic Shared Objects configuration files
  * Include conf.d/*.conf -> Include additional configuration files (usually virtual hosts files are located here)

  * User apache -> Default username the httpd process runs as
  * Group apache -> Default group the httpd process runs as

  * DocumentRoot "/var/www/html" -> Location of web documents (web pages, etc).

  * Directory blocks (<Directory>)-> Define configuration items such as access permissions within the start/end blocks
    * AllowOverride -> If "None", the contents of .htaccess files will NOT be read
    * Options -> Specify different options such as "Indexes" (show directory listing if no index.html file exists)
    * Require all -> "granted" allows contents of the directory to be accessed. "denied" denies access to the contents.

  * IfModule -> Only apply the containing settings if a module exists
  * Files ".ht" -> Settings for certain files. In this case, any "*.ht" files.
    * Typically used to restrict access to viewing certain files on the web.

  * ErrorLog "logs/error_log" -> Location of the main error log file

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