{"id":3400,"date":"2011-06-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theill.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/08\/finding-apache-configuration-file-httpd-conf-location\/"},"modified":"2011-06-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T22:00:00","slug":"finding-apache-configuration-file-httpd-conf-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theill.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/08\/finding-apache-configuration-file-httpd-conf-location\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Apache configuration file (httpd.conf) location"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a quick tip for programmers working with Apache. Sometimes I&#8217;m asked where to find the Apache configuration file on a given server. Since it&#8217;s possible to configure this there is no &#8220;default location&#8221; so I usually do:<\/p>\n<pre><code>$ ps -ef | grep apache\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>which gives me a list like<\/p>\n<pre><code>deploy@cmd01:\/$ ps -ef | grep apache\nroot      4053     1  0 06:26 ?        00:00:04 \/usr\/sbin\/apache2 -k start\nwww       5189  4053  0 11:00 ?        00:00:00 \/usr\/sbin\/apache2 -k start\nwww       5199  4053  0 11:00 ?        00:00:00 \/usr\/sbin\/apache2 -k start\n...\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Then simply run<\/p>\n<pre><code>$ \/usr\/sbin\/apache2 -V\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>and you will get the details you need, specifically this<\/p>\n<pre><code>Server compiled with....\n -D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE=\"\/etc\/apache2\/apache2.conf\"\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>That&#8217;s it. Are you using another\/faster approach? Let me know in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a quick tip for programmers working with Apache. 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