httpd config

Seperate the config of virtualhost to individual file

1. put the vitualhost context into one file /etc/httpd/conf.d

Example:

file name: httpd-vhosts.conf

Context: 

<VirtualHost *:80>

    ServerName gitserver

    DocumentRoot /var/www/gitweb

    <Directory /var/www/gitweb>

        Options ExecCGI +FollowSymLinks +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch

        AllowOverride All

        order allow,deny

        Allow from all

        AddHandler cgi-script cgi

        DirectoryIndex gitweb.cgi

    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

Set username and password for httpd website

1, Change the context of httpd-vhosts.conf as following

<VirtualHost *:80>

    ServerName gitserver

    DocumentRoot /var/www/gitweb

    <Directory /var/www/gitweb>

        Options ExecCGI +FollowSymLinks +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch

        AllowOverride AuthConfig

        order allow,deny

        Allow from all

        AddHandler cgi-script cgi

        DirectoryIndex gitweb.cgi

        require user webuser

        AuthName "AuthConfig"

        AuthType Basic

        AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/.htpasswd

    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

2. create username and password

htpasswd -cm /etc/httpd/.htpasswd webuser

3. restart the httpd service

service httpd restart