Description: The initial installation of Debian apache.

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## If you are just browsing the web

The owner of this web site has not put up any web pages yet. Please come back later.

Move along, nothing to see here... :-)

## If you are trying to locate the administrator of this machine

If you want to report something about this host's behavior, please contact the Internet Service Provider (ISP) involved directly.

See the Network Abuse Clearinghouse for how to do this.

## If you are the administrator of this machine

The initial installation of Debian's apache web server package was successful.

You should replace this page with your own web pages as soon as possible.

Unless you changed its configuration, your new server is configured as follows:

- Configuration files can be found in `/etc/apache`.
- The `DocumentRoot`, which is the directory under which all your HTML files should exist, is set to `/var/www`.
- CGI scripts are looked for in `/usr/lib/cgi-bin`, which is where Debian packages will place their scripts.
- Log files are placed in `/var/log/apache`, and will be rotated weekly. The frequency of rotation can be easily changed by editing `/etc/logrotate.d/apache`.
- The default directory index is `index.html`, meaning that requests for a directory `/foo/bar/` will give the contents of the file `/var/www/foo/bar/index.html` if it exists (assuming that `/var/www` is your `DocumentRoot`).
- User directories are enabled, and user documents will be looked for in the `public_html` directory of the users' homes. These dirs should be under `/home`, and users will not be able to symlink to files they don't own.

All the standard apache modules are available with this release and are now managed with debconf. Type `dpkg-reconfigure apache` to select which modules you want enabled. Many other modules are available through the Debian package system with the names `libapache-mod-*`. If you need to compile a module yourself, you will need to install the `apache-dev` package.

More documentation on Apache can be found on:

- The Apache documentation stored on your server.
- The Apache Project home site.
- The Apache-SSL home site.
- The mod perl home site.
- The ApacheWeek newsletter.
- The Debian Project Documentation which contains HOWTOs, FAQs, and software updates.

You can also consult the list of World Wide Web Frequently Asked Questions for information.

## Let other people know about this server

Netcraft provides an interesting free service for web site monitoring and statistic collection. You can let them know about your server using their interface. Enabling the monitoring of your server will provide a better global overview of who is using what and where, and it would give Debian a better overview of the apache package usage.

## About this page

This is a placeholder page installed by the Debian release of the apache Web server package.

This computer has installed the Debian GNU/Linux operating system, but it has nothing to do with the Debian Project. Please do not contact the Debian Project about it.

If you find a bug in this apache package, or in Apache itself, please file a bug report on it. Instructions on doing this, and the list of known bugs of this package, can be found in the Debian Bug Tracking System.

Thanks for using this package, and congratulations for your choice of a Debian system!