Once it is done, you shall disable Apache’s default welcome page.
[root@rmohan.com ~]# sed -i ‘s/^/#&/g’ /etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf
Also, prevent the Apache web server from displaying files within the web directory.
[root@rmohan.com ~]# sed -i “s/Options Indexes FollowSymLinks/Options FollowSymLinks/” /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
After that, start and enable the Apache web server.
[root@rmohan.com ~]# systemctl start httpd.service
[root@rmohan.com ~]# systemctl enable httpd.service
Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/httpd.service to /usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service.
Setup WebDAV
For Apache, there are three WebDAV-related modules which will be loaded by default when an Apache web server is getting started.
[root@rmohan.com ~]# httpd -M | grep dav
dav_module (shared)
dav_fs_module (shared)
dav_lock_module (shared)
Next, create a dedicated directory for WebDAV:
[root@rmohan.com ~]# mkdir /var/www/html/webdav
[root@rmohan.com ~]# chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html
[root@rmohan.com ~]# chmod -R 755 /var/www/html
For security purposes, you need to create a user account.
[root@rmohan.com ~]# htpasswd -c /etc/httpd/.htpasswd user1
New password:
Re-type new password:
Adding password for user user1
And also, you need to modify the owner and permissions in order to enhance security
[root@rmohan.com ~]# chown root:apache /etc/httpd/.htpasswd
[root@rmohan.com ~]# chmod 640 /etc/httpd/.htpasswd
Once it is done, you need to create a VirtialHost for WebDAV.
[root@rmohan.com ~]# vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/webdav.conf
DavLockDB /var/www/html/DavLock
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/webdav/
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/access.log combined
Alias /webdav /var/www/html/webdav
<Directory /var/www/html/webdav>
DAV On
AuthType Basic
AuthName “webdav”
AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/.htpasswd
Require valid-user
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Once the VirtualHost is configured, you need to restart Apache to put your changes into effect.
[root@rmohan.com ~]# systemctl restart httpd.service
Test the functionality of the WebDAV server from a local machine. In order to take advantage of WebDAV, you need to use a qualified client. For example, you can install a program called cadaver on a CentOS 7 desktop
[root@rmohan.com ~]# yum install cadaver
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror.dhakacom.com
* epel: mirror2.totbb.net
* extras: mirrors.viethosting.com
* updates: centos-hn.viettelidc.com.vn
Resolving Dependencies
–> Running transaction check
—> Package cadaver.x86_64 0:0.23.3-9.el7 will be installed
–> Finished Dependency Resolution
.
.
Running transaction
Installing : cadaver-0.23.3-9.el7.x86_64 1/1
Verifying : cadaver-0.23.3-9.el7.x86_64 1/1
Installed:
cadaver.x86_64 0:0.23.3-9.el7
Complete!
Having cadaver installed, use the following command to access the WebDAV server.
[root@rmohan.com ~]# cadaver http://192.168.7.234/webdav/
Authentication required for webdav on server `192.168.7.234′:
Username: user1
Password:
dav:/webdav/>
In the cadaver shell, you can upload and organize files as you wish. Here are some examples. To upload a local file
dav:/webdav/> put /root/Desktop/rmohan.com.txt
Uploading /root/Desktop/rmohan.com.txt to `/webdav/rmohan.com.txt’: succeeded.
To create a directory “dir1” on the WebDAV server
dav:/webdav/> mkdir dir
To quit the cadaver shell
dav:/webdav/> exit
Connection to `192.168.7.234′ closed.
If you want to learn more about cadaver, you can look up the cadaver manual in the Bash shell. With this, the tutorial on setting up a WebDAV Server Using Apache on CentOS 7 comes to an end.
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