How do I access apache2 conf files when apache2 is not in /etc?
I am trying to set up a redirect from one domain to my root domain. I read how to do this using apache config files, and I have always been able to do this in the past. However, when I go in the /etc directory there is no apache2 directory. Apache2 is installed, running, and serving the website, but I have no idea where the config files are. Has anybody else ran into this issue? I used the Ubuntu 20.04 lamp stack guide when I initially configured the web server. I could instead use a .htacces file to do the redirect, but I can't find that either since it is a hidden file. The site uses wordpress. If anyone could tell me where the .htaccess file should be that would probably suffice for now.
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This will probably help you out:
sudo apachectl -t -D DUMP_INCLUDES
This shows all included configuration files in a tree (with line numbers about where they are included). It gives the full path for each.
-- sw
A couple of points, here.
Hidden files aren't really "hidden,"
lsjust omits them by default.ls -awill show them,findcan find them, etc.If you're lacking an
/etc/apache2directory, the installation of apache2 has failed, or something happened after install. I can't tell you how it failed, but I can tell you that something is wrong. I would start over from square one.
If you're lacking an
/etc/apache2directory, the installation of apache2 has failed, or something happened after install. I can't tell you how it failed, but I can tell you that something is wrong. I would start over from square one.
Not necessarily. There's no requirement that apache2 config files live in /etc/apache2…only convention. If you install apache2 from source or the automated installer the OP used decided they needed to go elsewhere, that's probably where they are.
-- sw
stevewi thank you for your help. I tried the command that you suggested and it said that the files are all where I thought they were, in /etc/apache2. This seems strange since I cannot find this directory.
I found the .htaccess for the site. Can I redirect a domain http://example1.com to http://example2.com in the .htaccess file without editing apache2 config files?
So I decided to just try opening the config file with vim using the full path name and it worked even the I cannot access the parent directory. Do you think I should still start from scratch?