This is the default welcome page used to test the correct operation of the Apache2 server after installation on Ubuntu systems. It is based on the equivalent page on Debian, from which the Ubuntu Apache packaging is derived. If you can read this page, it means that the Apache HTTP server installed at this site is working properly. You should replace this file (located at /var/www/html/index.html) before continuing to operate your HTTP server.
If you are a normal user of this web site and don't know what this page is about, this probably means that the site is currently unavailable due to maintenance. If the problem persists, please contact the site's administrator.
Ubuntu's Apache2 default configuration is different from the upstream default configuration, and split into several files optimized for interaction with Ubuntu tools. The configuration system is fully documented in /usr/share/doc/apache2/README.Debian.gz. Refer to this for the full documentation. Documentation for the web server itself can be found by accessing the manual if the apache2-doc package was installed on this server.
The configuration layout for an Apache2 web server installation on Ubuntu systems is as follows:
/etc/apache2/
|--
| `-- ports.conf
|-- mods-enabled
| |-- *.load
| `-- *.conf
|-- conf-enabled
| sites-enabled `-- *.conf
apache2.conf is the file. It puts the pieces together by including all remaining configuration files when starting up the web server.
ports.conf is always included from the
main configuration file. It is used to determine the listening ports for
incoming connections, and this file can be customized anytime.
Configuration files in the mods-enabled/,
conf-enabled/ and sites-enabled/ directories contain
particular configuration snippets which manage modules, global configuration
ragments, or virtual host configurations, respectively.
They are activated by symlinking available
configuration files from their respective
by using our helpers
a2enmod,
a2dismod,
tt>
and
a2enconf,
a2disconf
/tt>. See their respective man pages for detailed information.
The binary is called apache2 and is managed using system, so to
start/stop the service use systemctl start apache2 and
systemctl stop apache2, and use systemctl sta and journalctl -u apache2 to check status. system
and apache2ctl can also be used for service management if
desired.
Calling /usr/bin/apache2 directly will not work with the
fault configuration.
Document Roots
By default, Ubuntu does not allow access through the web browser to
any file outside of those located in /var/www,
public_html
directories (when enabled) and /usr/share (for web
applications). If your site is using a web document root
located elsewhere (such as in /srv) you may need to whitelist your