Apache Web Server¶

I use apache for a long term as webserver, load balancer and more... This page should be a maintenance page for me with some helpful configuration snippets, which I often use.

Virtual Host¶

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName website.de
    ServerAdmin webmaster@website.de
    ....
    DocumentRoot /var/www
</VirtualHost>

Logging¶

LogLevel warn
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/my_service_access.log combined
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/my_service_error.log

Reverse Proxy¶

The apache module mod_proxy_http has to be installed and enabled or some other mod_proxy_* modules if other protocols should be used.

ProxyRequests Off   # only needed for apache 2.2 (default since apache 2.4)
ProxyPreserveHost On
ProxyPass "/"   "http://internal-service:8080/"
ProxyReversePass "/"   "http://internal-service:8080/"

SSL¶

SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/website.de.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/website.de.key
SSLCACertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/website.de.ca-bundle

Forwarding HTTP¶

The apache module mod_rewrite has to be installed and enabled.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}

Last update: November 16, 2021