Configure Apache
Apache's options are controlled by one main text file entitled httpd.conf. If you accepted the default settings, this
file is located in the "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/conf/" directory. There is also a shortcut to this file found
at: Start Menu->Programs->Apache HTTP Server->Configure Apache Server->Edit the Apache httpd.conf Configuration File.
For our purposes, we are mainly concerned with the location of your files. Limiting access to these files is beyond the scope of
this walkthrough, and the Apache documentation should be closely read if you need to do so.
Open the httpd.conf file in your favorite text editor. Lines that begin with the # sign are informational only. Scroll down
through the file until you see a section that reads:
# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
# documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
# symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
#
DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/htdocs"
The main pages of your web site should be located in the Document Root. You can move the Document Root by simply changing the
location specified in the httpd.conf file.
If you continue to scroll down the httpd.conf file, you will see the below section:
# ScriptAlias: This controls which directories contain server scripts.
# ScriptAliases are essentially the same as Aliases, except that
# documents in the realname directory are treated as applications and
# run by the server when requested rather than as documents sent to the client.
# The same rules about trailing "/" apply to ScriptAlias directives as to
# Alias.
#
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/cgi-bin/"
Files in directories specified in this section are executed rather than simply displayed. You can specify multiple directories
by simply adding another ScriptAlias line to the httpd.conf file. The Stainfinder Perl script should be placed in one of
these directories.
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