Configuration File Locations

Sun WebServer 1.0 had two primary configuration files in the default location /etc/http/:

• httpd.conf: Basic configuration information for the server and all its virtual hosts

• access.acl: URL access control settings

Sun WebServer 2.1 partitions the directives in these files into server-level configuration files for server instances and site-level configuration files for individual web sites.

Server-Level Configuration Files

Server-level configuration files are installed in /etc/http/ by default. <instance_name> below is the unique name of the httpd instance using the file. An instance name is associated with a server instance when it is created using the Sun WebServer GUI or the htserver add command.

• <instance_name>.httpd.conf: Basic server configuration information

• access.conf: URL access controls

• realm.conf: Realm information

• mime.types: MIME types and encodings

Site-Level Configuration Files

Site-level configuration files are installed to the web site subtree by default. <site_name> below refers to the name of the web site using this file.

• <site_name>.site.conf: Basic site configuration information

• access.conf: URL access controls

• realm.conf: Realm information

• mime.types: MIME types and encodings

• map.conf: URL mappings

• content.conf: Content information

All of the file names listed above are suggested names. The only fixed configuration file name is /etc/http/httpd-instances.conf. Each server instance name and basic configuration file is listed in httpd-instances.conf, and each server configuration file in turn refers to the other configuration files by name.