This page lists the default settings for the standard Apache web servers administered by csoft.net. Specific settings can be modified using csoftadm (or the "Server Settings" section of the web interface).
Note: This content does not apply to Advanced or Corporate users who are running a dedicated httpd instance (and presumably a different httpd.conf
). See: Dedicated Apache Installation Guide.
Users can modify most web server parameters using the .htaccess mechanism. Some parameters such as ServerName
can be changed through the Control Panel or Shell Interface.
Support for CGI, FastCGI and PHP applications is standard on all of our servers. CGI applications always execute under your own unix privileges, such that other users on the server cannot access or compromise your data. PHP applications are executed using the CGI method in order to provide this level of security.
The following file extensions are recognized by default (these mappings can always be modified from an .htaccess file).
Different versions and flavors of PHP are available. You can select your preferred build using the php
setting in csoftadm (or "Server Settings" in the control panel).
Whenever a visitor requests a path such as http://mydomain/somedir
, the web server will by default generate an index page with links to the files in the directory. This behavior can be disabled either by explicitely turning it off in an .htaccess file, or by placing an index file in the directory. If an index file exists, its contents will be returned instead.
By default, the following file names are automatically recognized as index files:
index.html index.cgi index.htm index.fcgi index.shtml index.php
There is a good number of configuration parameters that affect this functionality. See the Apache 2.4 mod_autoindex manual.
mod_rewrite
is available to all users. See the mod_rewrite documentation.