The main apache config file is in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
on my CentOS system an in there is a line:
Include conf.d/*.conf
Inside conf.d is mostly files that do something like this:
LoadModule auth_kerb_module modules/mod_auth_kerb.so
But there are also other sites that are setup in there to and have their own config files. Was this not well thought out or am I missing something?
Best Answer
Separating configuration files is a way to manage them. By putting configuration lines specific to a module into their own files it become much easier to enable and disable modules. It also helps managing them, because now you only have a small configuration file to edit. (Imagine opening up a 500 line httpd.conf and looking for an incorrect option.)
Different systems seem to have different ways to separate apache configuration files. For example on my Gentoo there are
modules.d/
andvhosts.d/
, while on my Ubuntu there areconf.d/
,mods-available/
,mods-enabled/
,sites-available/
andsites-enabled/
. You can guess what they do by the name, or look inside httpd.conf forInclude
lines.