====== Apache Configuration (Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin) ======
Apache configuration for Ubuntu are at /etc/apache2
===== httpd.conf =====
file is an empty file by default.  Update as, Where xxxxxx is the short unqualified host name such as abc01
<code>
ServerName xxxxxx
ExtendedStatus On
</code>

In Saucy and later use this as it does not seem to come with a default config
<code>
echo "ServerName xxxxxx" >> /etc/apache2/conf-available/httpd.conf
echo "ExtendedStatus On" >> /etc/apache2/conf-available/httpd.conf
ln -s /etc/apache2/conf-available/httpd.conf /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/
</code>

===== Enabling standard modules =====
Enable the following mods
<code>
a2enmod actions
a2enmod alias
a2enmod auth_basic
a2enmod authn_file
a2enmod authz_default
a2enmod authz_groupfile
a2enmod authz_host
a2enmod authz_svn
a2enmod authz_user
a2enmod autoindex
a2enmod cgi
a2enmod dav_fs
a2enmod dav
a2enmod dav_lock
a2enmod dav_svn
a2enmod deflate
a2enmod dir
a2enmod env
a2enmod headers
a2enmod info
a2enmod mime
a2enmod negotiation
a2enmod php5
a2enmod proxy_connect
a2enmod proxy_ftp
a2enmod proxy_http
a2enmod proxy
a2enmod reqtimeout
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod setenvif
a2enmod ssl
a2enmod status
</code>

Restart apache using
<code>
service apache2 restart
</code>

===== default-ssl =====
At /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl

Change 
 <VirtualHost _default_:443>
To
 <VirtualHost *:443>

===== ports.conf (this may not be required anymore) =====
==== Change for 443 ====
Include line

**NameVirtualHost *:443** 

before 

**Listen 443**


==== Change for 80 ====
Include line

**NameVirtualHost *:80**

before 

**Listen 80**

===== Enable SSL Website =====
SSL website may be disabled by default
<code>
/etc/apache2/sites-enabled # mv ../sites-available/default-ssl.conf ../sites-available/001-default-ssl.conf
/etc/apache2/sites-enabled # ln -s ../sites-available/001-default-ssl.conf 001-default-ssl.conf
</code>

===== Web directory (optional) =====
Moving away from the default the designated web directory will be /www. 

Hence do a <code>mkdir /www</code>