[TUTORIAL] How to edit your apache.conf file

[Blisk]

Thank you

[steve102]

Good work!

IMO, fribse is very correct! I also discovered ..

I have to recommend stronly against modifying the apache.conf directly.
Create a config file another place, eg. a share where you can easily reach it, and only include an 'include /share/YOURSHARE/example.conf' in the apache.conf.

[ethan11james]

nice posts all steps you covered in the posts so everyone can easily edit apache.conf file if they need thanks for it

[madseason41]

I am running FW 4.1.3 on a 219PII and after a reboot my apache.conf file is overwritten. I included a file path to a custom.conf for setting up my reverse proxy. The include line is totally erased after a reboot. I used pwilson's .qpkg mentioned in another thread and put my custom.conf file in the share folder to make it work.

After reading thru threads I was under the impression this behavior was fixed in 4.1.1. Is anyone else seeing this behavior or is it just late and I am messing something up?

[schumaku]

There should be a massive relief coming with QTS 4.2 - they only protect parameters controlling memory usage, to avoid users doing ***** things.

[Kodauk]

my apache.conf get overwritten on every server restart with the latest 4.2.0 firmware. are there any updates on this issue?

[schumaku]

What do you to customize?

As mentioned many times before ... the apache.conf generated is not freely editable or can't be fully replaced.

[Kodauk]

i just want to include my custom config file with security enhancements for owncloud like strict transport security headers which works well but sometimes the apache.conf gets overwritten and my include is lost.
https://doc.owncloud.org/server/9.0/adm ... t-security

Another thing i'd like to enable is memcache(d) which is present (mod_cache.so, mod_mem_cache.so) in the apache modules dir but not enabled by default. I've looked around but was not able to get it running and have to look at it later.

[rgrasmus]

i just want to include my custom config file with security enhancements for owncloud like strict transport security headers which works well but sometimes the apache.conf gets overwritten and my include is lost.

I am trying to do the same thing (i.e. default to https for a personal homepage hosted on the NAS). Were you able to figure out how to do this without the edits being overwritten?

[schumaku]

I am trying to do the same thing (i.e. default to https for a personal homepage hosted on the NAS). Were you able to figure out how to do this without the edits being overwritten?

Assuming you don't need HSTS and instead of re-inventing the wheel - simply define a virtual host for https only.

[Mikiya]

I'm trying to add HSTS too but i cannot succeed Does anybody find a way ? Thanks !

edit @schumaku: it's not the same case : in case of MITM attack, the server use https with the attacker proxy but the attacker proxy use http with the client so https only on server does not protect this issue, only "https only on client" protect it (=hsts).

[schumaku]

I'm trying to add HSTS too

No word in this thread on HSTS, except of my exclusion... Trouble is the newer the firmware, the more of the editing is undone on the Web Server restart. In my opinion, QNAP must add HSTS anyway, and should offer much better customisation again.

[presenceofmind]

Hi all,

I need to make some changes in the apache.conf but it's not working.

I remote on my qnap via SSH, I edit apache.conf using vi. I add this at the end of the file:

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Include /etc/config/apache/extra/apache-proxy.conf

Afterwards I restart the qnap webserver and I get the following.

* Shutting down Qthttpd services: OK
* Recover apache confiugre <--------- This is resetting the apache.conf, removing proxy modules, my issue
* Starting Qthttpd services: OK

I've noticed that others are facing the same issue. because of this issue I can't do the setup I have planned out for my webserver.

Please help. I'm stuck on this for more than a month.

TS-251+ firmware 4.3.3.0238

[presenceofmind]

can I have some assistance?

[Toxic17]

Install Qapache and edit anything you like without the constraints of QNAPs limited Webserver.

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