Problem installing apache webserver: “You don't have permission to access this resour

[jorisvh2]

When I go in my browser to http://localhost, I get this:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access this resource.

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Apache/2.4.29 (Ubuntu) Server at localhost Port 80


I installed a new version of Ubuntu on my computer. Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS



The files for my website are on another disk. See program tools → disks
Device: dev/sdb1
Partition type: Linux Contence: Ext4(versie 1.0) – Mounted on /media/joris/doc


I did following:

source: https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutoria...igure-apache#1




sudo apt update
sudo apt install apache2
cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/
sudo cp 000-default.conf gci.conf


sudo gedit gci.conf
DocumentRoot media/joris/doc/website


sudo a2ensite gci.conf
service apache2 reload
sudo adduser joris www-data
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /media/joris/doc/website
sudo chmod -R g+rw /media/joris/doc/website




P.S. I live in Belgium and I speak Dutch. Exist also a dutch forum
of ubuntu?

[uRock]

Moved to Server Platforms sub-forum.

[Doug S]

Hi,

I just pointed you to an answer over on your askubuntu question.
Now, I'll point you to an answer here: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread....3#post13884703

But also copy it below:

If you want to use a non-stanadard directory, and in addition to all the permissions stuff, you have to tell apache to allow it via the /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file.
Just copy the /var/www/html stantza stuff to whatever, example:

<Directory /var/www/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Require all granted
</Directory>

<Directory /media/newhd/test_web/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Require all granted
</Directory>

[TheFu]

DocumentRoot media/joris/doc/website

uses a relative path. It must be an absolute path. Also, that directory needs to be open enough for the apache userid, www-data, to read.

If the storage isn't using a Linux file system, then only storage mount options can control the needed permissions.

[jorisvh2]

My contence of etc/apache2/sites-available/gci.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
     # The ServerName directive sets the request scheme, hostname and port that
     # the server uses to identify itself. This is used when creating
     # redirection URLs. In the context of virtual hosts, the ServerName
     # specifies what hostname must appear in the request's Host: header to
     # match this virtual host. For the default virtual host (this file) this
     # value is not decisive as it is used as a last resort host regardless.
     # However, you must set it for any further virtual host explicitly.
     #ServerName www.example.com
 
 
     ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
     # DocumentRoot /var/www/html
     DocumentRoot /media/joris/doc/website
     # Available loglevels: trace8, ..., trace1, debug, info, notice, warn,
     # error, crit, alert, emerg.
     # It is also possible to configure the loglevel for particular
     # modules, e.g.
     #LogLevel info ssl:warn
 
 
     ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
     CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
 
 
     # For most configuration files from conf-available/, which are
     # enabled or disabled at a global level, it is possible to
     # include a line for only one particular virtual host. For example the
     # following line enables the CGI configuration for this host only
     # after it has been globally disabled with "a2disconf".
     #Include conf-available/serve-cgi-bin.conf
 </VirtualHost>

Contence of:
etc/apache2/apache2.conf
first try: (I forgot to mention it in my first mail)

 <Directory />
     Options FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride None
     Require all denied
 </Directory>
 
 
 <Directory /usr/share>
     AllowOverride None
     Require all granted
 </Directory>
 
 
 #<Directory /var/www/>
 <Directory /media/joris/website/>
     Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride None
     Require all granted
 </Directory>

Second try:

 <Directory />
     Options FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride None
     Require all denied
 </Directory>
 
 
 <Directory /usr/share>
     AllowOverride None
     Require all granted
 </Directory>
 
 
 <Directory /var/www/>
 Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride None
     Require all granted
 </Directory>
 
 
 <Directory /media/joris/website/>
     Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride None
     Require all granted
 </Directory>

Now I have the problem that my site is not shown! I get this:
The default site of Apache!

Apache2 Ubuntu Default Page


It works!

[SeijiSensei]

If you want to point the server to non-standard directories, the easiest method to use an Alias directive. E.g.,

<VirtualHost *:80>
[stuff]

Alias /joris /media/joris/website
 
<Directory /media/joris/website/>
     Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride None
     Require all granted
</Directory>

[stuff]
</VirtualHost>

Now, after restarting the server, the URL http://localhost/joris will use the /media/joris/website directory.

[jorisvh2]

If you want to point the server to non-standard directories, the easiest method to use an Alias directive. E.g.,

<VirtualHost *:80>
[stuff]

Alias /joris /media/joris/website
 
<Directory /media/joris/website/>
     Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride None
     Require all granted
</Directory>

[stuff]
</VirtualHost>

Now, after restarting the server, the URL http://localhost/joris will use the /media/joris/website directory.

I did this in /etc/apache2/sites-available/gci.conf

Alias /joris /media/joris/doc/website
 
<Directory /media/joris/doc/website/>
     Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride None
     Require all granted
</Directory>

But it doesn't work!

http://localhost/joris give:

Not Found

The requested URL was not found on this server.

---

Apache/2.4.29 (Ubuntu) Server at localhost Port 80

[SeijiSensei]

I did this in /etc/apache2/sites-available/gci.conf

http://localhost/joris give:

Not Found

The requested URL was not found on this server.

Apache/2.4.29 (Ubuntu) Server at localhost Port 80

First, try using

Alias /joris/ /media/joris/website/

Sometimes having both leading and trailing slashes works better.

I'd also examine the log in /var/log/apache2 to see if they provide more detailed information.

Did you restart Apache? Did you run "sudo a2ensite gci" to "activate" the site? Check in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled and make sure there is a symbolic link to /etc/apache2/sites-available/gci.conf.

Earlier you suggested you had copied 000-default.conf to gci.conf. I'd delete or otherwise disable 000-default.conf. Apache parses these files in alphanumeric order which is why 000-default has the name it does.

If none of that helps, I'd suggest moving the /etc/apache2 directory to /etc/apache2.old, then reinstalling apache2. Rename 000-default.conf to gci.conf if you like, but have just one instance of this configuration. Add the Alias directive and <Directory> stanza to that file and leave apache2.conf alone. Run a2ensite and restart apache2. Any better?

Here, for example, is part of the configuration file for one of the virtual hosts on a server I manage:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    
ServerName      www.example.com
ServerAlias     example.com
ServerAdmin     admin@example.com
DocumentRoot    /var/www/html/wordpress
ErrorLog        logs/error_log-example.com
TransferLog     logs/access_log-example.com
CustomLog       logs/referer_log-example.com "%h: %{referer}i -> %U"

Alias /gallery/ /home/web/gallery/
<Directory "/home/web/gallery">
    Options All
</Directory>

<Directory /var/www/html/wordpress>
[etc.]
</Directory>

</VirtualHost>

The site runs WordPress from /var/www/html/wordpress, but serves up files from /home/web/gallery/ when using the URI /gallery/.

[jorisvh2]

My contence of etc/apache2/sites-available/gci.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
     # The ServerName directive sets the request scheme, hostname and port that
     # the server uses to identify itself. This is used when creating
     # redirection URLs. In the context of virtual hosts, the ServerName
     # specifies what hostname must appear in the request's Host: header to
     # match this virtual host. For the default virtual host (this file) this
     # value is not decisive as it is used as a last resort host regardless.
     # However, you must set it for any further virtual host explicitly.
     #ServerName www.example.com
 
 
     ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
     # DocumentRoot /var/www/html
     DocumentRoot /media/joris/doc/website
     # Available loglevels: trace8, ..., trace1, debug, info, notice, warn,
     # error, crit, alert, emerg.
     # It is also possible to configure the loglevel for particular
     # modules, e.g.
     #LogLevel info ssl:warn
 
 
     ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
     CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
 
 
     # For most configuration files from conf-available/, which are
     # enabled or disabled at a global level, it is possible to
     # include a line for only one particular virtual host. For example the
     # following line enables the CGI configuration for this host only
     # after it has been globally disabled with "a2disconf".
     #Include conf-available/serve-cgi-bin.conf
 </VirtualHost>

Contence of:
etc/apache2/apache2.conf
first try: (I forgot to mention it in my first mail)

 <Directory />
     Options FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride None
     Require all denied
 </Directory>
 
 
 <Directory /usr/share>
     AllowOverride None
     Require all granted
 </Directory>
 
 
 #<Directory /var/www/>
 <Directory /media/doc/joris/website/>
     Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride None
     Require all granted
 </Directory>

Second try:

 <Directory />
     Options FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride None
     Require all denied
 </Directory>
 
 
 <Directory /usr/share>
     AllowOverride None
     Require all granted
 </Directory>
 
 
 <Directory /var/www/>
 Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride None
     Require all granted
 </Directory>
 
 
 <Directory /media/doc/joris/website/>
     Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride None
     Require all granted
 </Directory>

Now I have the problem that my site is not shown! I get this:
The default site of Apache!

Apache2 Ubuntu Default Page


It works!

[SeijiSensei]

On Ubuntu/Debian you never need to edit the apache2.conf file. All your configurations should be in the .conf files in /etc/apache2/sites-available. Have you read this: https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/httpd.html? Any Alias directives and associated <Directory> stanzas need to be inside a <VirtualHost> container in a file like gci.conf.