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I recently installed apache2 on ubuntu but I have a problem, my httpd.conf is empty. Can someone give me a clean copy of httpd.conf for apache2 on ubuntu? Thanks!

Edit: I saw your answers but on wampserver httpd.conf is not empty and as you mentioned it is for user options. SO what should I do?

Edit2 : That's what I got on my apache2.conf, how I add modules, enable gzip and all of that?

[Deleted the contents, as they render the question unreadable and are useless, because that were the default Apache2 configuration under Ubuntu.]

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  • Reinstall or find the right .conf file. Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 11:48
  • I already installed phpmyadmin so it would be a head heck... and I found it but it was empty. Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 11:50
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    @Yehonatan installing phpMyAdmin does not change the contents of the apache2.conf but create a symbolic link: /etc/apache2/conf.d/phpmyadmin -> /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf (Apache includes al config files under /etc/apache2/conf.d/ by default.) Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 11:52
  • The settings you find in httpd.conf on your wampserver should be in the file mentioned in the answers. Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 11:53
  • This would be a good question for askubuntu.com, but I can't flag it properly… Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 11:55

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The /etc/apache2/httpd.conf is empty in Ubuntu, because the Apache configuration resides in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf!

“httpd.conf is for user options.” No it isn't, it's there for historic reasons.

Using Apache server, all user options should go into a new *.conf-file inside /etc/apache2/conf.d/. This method should be "update-safe", as httpd.conf or apache2.conf may get overwritten on the next server update.

Inside /etc/apache2/apache2.conf, you will find the following line, which includes those files:

# Include generic snippets of statements Include conf.d/

As of Apache 2.4+ the user configuration directory is /etc/apache2/conf-available/. Use a2enconf FILENAME_WITHOUT_SUFFIX to enable the new configuration file or manually create a symlink in /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/. Be aware that as of Apache 2.4 the configuration files must have the suffix .conf (e.g. conf-available/my-settings.conf);

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+1. Yes, file override during server update is important, else you will end up looking for this question after 2 years when you do a server update.
> # Include all the user configurations: Include httpd.conf
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It's empty by default. You'll find a bunch of settings in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf.

In there it does this:

# Include all the user configurations: Include httpd.conf
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OK - what you're missing is that its designed to be more industrial and serve many sites, so the config you want is probably:

/etc/apache2/sites-available/default

which on my system is linked to from /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/

if you want to have different sites with different options, copy the file and then change those...

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The OP is asking for the general Apache configuration, not for some vHost configuration.
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It seems to me, that it is by design that this file is empty.

A similar question has been asked here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2567432/ubuntu-apache-httpd-conf-or-apache2-conf

So, you should have a look for /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

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