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-====== 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
-  * 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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