Manually use index.html

[Fredrikmikael]

Hello i uploaded a simple test (index.html)

but the server doesnt use it, how do i manually make it use the index?

[alpenwasser]

There should be a config option where you can set the default page the

server is supposed to load (so, in theory, you could set it to any page

name).

[Darren]

Any good webserver software, by that I mean Apache, will load an index file by default, beit .php, .html, .htm etc. Are you sure you've uploaded it to the right directory?

[alpenwasser]

Any good webserver software, by that I mean Apache, will load an index file by default, beit .php, .html, .htm etc. Are you sure you've uploaded it to the right directory?

Yup, I think for Apache it's public_html along with its subdirs.

[Darren]

So ~/public_html is a users directory, ie. you should be accessing it from domain.com/~user/. Web root for machine running Apache is /var/www/. That's what you're doing right?

[alpenwasser]

So ~/public_html is a users directory, ie. you should be accessing it from domain.com/~user/. Web root for machine running Apache is /var/www/. That's what you're doing right?

Well, it's kinda difficult to tell since I don't have access to my web host's

complete directory structure. I have a symlink from www to public_html in my

home directory, that I can say for certain.

The contents of public_html are what gets displayed when you go to www.mydomain.com

(or rather, the index file for public_html gets displayed, in my case index.php).

Every directory or file which you want to access via www.mydomain.com/subdir/index.html

must be placed in that directory on the setup I have.

I'm definitely no expert on Apache, I'm primarily familiar with the setup I've

been working with for my website.

[Stormsys]

Hello i uploaded a simple test (index.html)

but the server doesnt use it, how do i manually make it use the index?

If this is a server you are managing and you are sure you are using the right directory try looking in your apaches httpd.conf(Google it if you dunno where that is) and search for DirectoryIndex then add index.html to the end and restart apache(the list is space seperated).

[Darren]

Well, it's kinda difficult to tell since I don't have access to my web host's

complete directory structure. I have a symlink from www to public_html in my

home directory, that I can say for certain.

The contents of public_html are what gets displayed when you go to www.mydomain.com

(or rather, the index file for public_html gets displayed, in my case index.php).

Every directory or file which you want to access via www.mydomain.com/subdir/index.html

must be placed in that directory on the setup I have.

I'm definitely no expert on Apache, I'm primarily familiar with the setup I've

been working with for my website.

 

Ah, your web host really only want you working from your home directory, hence the symlink. That public_html folder is more or less the /var/www/ folder on the machine. Infact, if it's a webhost service it's probably /var/www/domain.com/. Apache can serve different websites based on the get request on the same machine. If you were to send an http get request using the IP rather than the domain, you'll probably get some Apache default page.

[alpenwasser]

Cool, thanks for the info!