Operation Manual

DocumentRoot
Path to the directory from which Apache should serve les for this host. For secu-
rity reasons, access to the entire le system is forbidden by default, so you must
explicitly unlock this directory within a Directory container.
ServerAdmin
E-mail address of the server administrator. This address is, for example, shown on
error pages Apache creates.
ErrorLog
The error log le for this virtual host. Although it is not necessary to create separate
error log les for each virtual host, it is common practice to do so, because it makes
the debugging of errors much easier. /var/log/apache2/ is the default direc-
tory for Apache's log les.
CustomLog
The access log le for this virtual host. Although it is not necessary to create separate
access log les for each virtual host, it is common practice to do so, because it allows
the separate analysis of access statistics for each host. /var/log/apache2/ is
the default directory for Apache's log les.
As mentioned above, access to the whole le system is forbidden by default for security
reasons. Therefore, explicitly unlock the directories in which you have placed the les
Apache should serve—for example the DocumentRoot:
<Directory "/srv/www/www.example.com/htdocs">
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
The complete conguration le looks like this:
Example 30.4
Basic VirtualHost Conguration
<VirtualHost 192.168.3.100>
ServerName www.example.com
DocumentRoot /srv/www/www.example.com/htdocs
ServerAdmin [e-mail]
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/www.example.com_log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/www.example.com-access_log common
<Directory "/srv/www/www.example.com/htdocs">
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
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