apache.conf

Apache 2.2 and Apache 2.4 both come with their default vendor configuration. This might not be the ideal setup for some people, so you have the chance to change any of those settings, by supplying custom configurations.

If you are rather using Nginx, have a look at: nginx_conf

Important

You could actually also create virtual hosts here, but it is recommended to use the Devilbox Auto-vhost generation feature. If you want to custimize your current virtual hosts have a look at customize_virtual_host.

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General

You can set custom apache.conf configuration options for each Apache version separately. See the directory structure for Apache configuration directories inside ./cfg/ directory:

host> ls -l path/to/devilbox/cfg/ | grep 'apache'

drwxr-xr-x  2 cytopia cytopia 4096 Mar  5 21:53 apache-2.2/
drwxr-xr-x  2 cytopia cytopia 4096 Mar  5 21:53 apache-2.4/

Customization is achieved by placing a file into cfg/apache-X.X/ (where X.X stands for your Apache version). The file must end by .conf in order to be sourced by the web server.

Each of the Apache configuration directories already contain an example file: devilbox-custom.conf-example, that can simply be renamed to devilbox-custom.conf. This file holds some example values that can be adjusted or commented out.

In order for the changes to be applied, you will have to restart the Devilbox.

Examples

Adjust KeepAlive settings for Apache 2.2

The following examples shows you how to change the KeepAlive, the MaxKeepAliveRequests as well as the KeepAliveTimeout values of Apache 2.2.

# Navigate to the Devilbox directory
host> cd path/to/devilbox

# Navigate to Apache 2.2 config directory
host> cd cfg/apache-2.2

# Create new conf file
host> touch keep_alive.conf

Now add the following content to the file:

KeepAlive On
KeepAliveTimeout 10
MaxKeepAliveRequests 100

In order to apply the changes you need to restart the Devilbox.

Note

The above is just an example demonstration, you probably need other values for your setup. So make sure to understand how to configure Apache, if you are going to change any of those settings.

Limit HTTP headers and GET size for Apache 2.4

The following examples shows you how to limit the amount of headers the client can send to the server as well as changing the maximum URL GET size by adjusting LimitRequestFields, LimitRequestFieldSize and LimitRequestLine for Apache 2.4.

# Navigate to the Devilbox directory
host> cd path/to/devilbox

# Navigate to Apache 2.4 config directory
host> cd cfg/apache-2.4

# Create new conf file
host> touch limits.conf