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

 

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