Saturday, January 31, 2015

Accessing static files through Apache HTTP Server in Linux

Accessing static files through Apache HTTP Server in Linux

This post will explain accessing static files through Apache HTTP Server in Linux

Create  a folder in server to store the static files  e.g. /app/apache/static/

Copy all the static files to /app/apache/static/ folder

Add the below contents to httpd.conf file

##Grant the access to unix user that will access the static folder
<IfModule unixd_module>
      User apacheuser
      Group apacheuser
</IfModule>

DirectoryIndex index.htm index.html

ErrorDocument 400 /error.html
ErrorDocument 401 /error.html
ErrorDocument 403 /error.html
ErrorDocument 404 /error.html
ErrorDocument 405 /error.html
ErrorDocument 408 /error.html
ErrorDocument 414 /error.html
ErrorDocument 500 /error.html
ErrorDocument 502 /error.html
ErrorDocument 504 /error.html

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName staticfiles.com:80
  DocumentRoot /app/apache/static/

 Alias /files  "/app/apache/static"

<Directory /app/apache/static>
    Order deny,allow
    Allow from all
    SetHandler default-handler
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Now we can access the static file with the following url - http://staticfiles.com/files/<<file name>>

The Apache server referred here is 2.2.15


1 comment:

  1. Hi Albin,

    One can access whatever file that is placed in the Docroot from the IP/VIP.. etc mapped to the doc root(Provided the browser is compatible enough to accept the mime type).

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