Re: httpd setup info?

On Jul 2, 2018 6:30 AM, John Long <codeblue@inbox.lv> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2018-07-02 at 06:27 -0500, edgar@pettijohn-web.com wrote:
> > On Jul 2, 2018 5:58 AM, John Long <codeblue@inbox.lv> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I read the man pages for httpd and httpd.conf but I remain
> > > clueless.
> > >
> > > I would like to serve static content (directory listings and
> > > contents).
> > > Must I use a chroot for httpd? If so, how do I set it up?
> > >
> > > I have my content in /var/content/webserver/.. I would like httpd
> > > to
> > > automatically index the contents.
> > >
> > > Trying to massage the example/httpd.conf didn't work. I get a 403
> > > when
> > > I try to access my website.
> > >
> > > # $OpenBSD: httpd.conf,v 1.18 2018/03/23 11:36:41 florian Exp $
> > >
> >
> > Try:
> > chroot "/var/content"
> > server "example.com" {
> > listen on * port 80
> > listen on :: port 80
> > root "/webserver/htdocs"
> > directory auto index
> > }
>
> Thank you. What has to be in the chroot besides the content I want to
> serve?
>
Nothing for static content. If you add Perl or other such things you will have to add a lot of stuff.
> >
> > I think the listen directive changed recently, so if it fails look
> > into that as the cause.
>
> Thanks, ok.
>
> /jl
>