IMG 1010 - Setting Up An MRTG Web Host

Procedure:

Create .htaccess file

• Login as root

• Go to directory:
  /opt/dialogic/common/mrtg_logs

• Create a file called “.htaccess”

• Add the following lines to the file:

  AuthName "Please enter your UserName and Password."
  AuthType Basic
  AuthUserFile /opt/dialogic/common/mrtg_logs/.htpasswd
  AuthGroupFile /dev/null
  Require user excelsw (Where excelsw is the username)

• Save the file

• Change the privileges on .htaccess

  chmod 777 .htaccess

Create a password for the UserName

• Login as root

• Go to directory /opt/dialogic/common/mrtg_logs

• Type the following where excelsw is the username from procedure 1

  htpasswd –c /opt/dialogic/common/mrtg_logs/.htpasswd excelsw

Edit the httpd.conf file

• Login as root

• Go to directory /etc/httpd/conf

• Change the DocumentRoot as shownbelow:

  DocumentRoot "/opt/dialogic/common/mrtg_logs"

• Setup for password protection:

  • Find the section that begins with the line “This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.”

  • Change the areas shown below (notice the comment (#) added to the last two lines):

    #
    # This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.
    #
    <Directory "/opt/dialogic/common/mrtg_logs">
    #
    # Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",
    # or any combination of:
    # Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
    #
    # Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
    # doesn't give it to you.
    #
    # The Options directive is both complicated and important. Please see
    # http://httpd.apache.org/docs&#45;2.0/mod/core.html#options
    # for more information.
    #
    Options FollowSymLinks
    #
    # AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
    # It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
    # Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
    #
    AllowOverride All
    #
    # Controls who can get stuff from this server.
    # Order allow,deny
    # Allow from all
    </Directory>

• Change the DirectoryIndex as follows:

  DirectoryIndex systemindex.html index.html.var

• Save the httpd.conf file
   

Restart the Apache Web Server

• Restart the Apache Server by typing the following:

  /sbin/service httpd restart
  /sbin/chkconfig httpd on