Configuring Apache Web Servers

1. Create a backup folder under the root directory of your Web server and make the folder writable by anyone. All backup files will be stored in that directory.

If your backup folder is for instance “C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/htdocs/backup”, the 46xxsettings.txt file should have a line similar to:

[SET BRURI http://www.website.com/backup/]
 

If your backup folder is the root directory, the 46xxsettings.txt file should have a line similar to:

[SET BRURI http://www.website.com/]
 

2. Edit your Web server configuration file “httpd.conf.”
3. Uncomment the two LoadModule lines associated with DAV:

LoadModule dav_module modules/mod_dav.so
 
LoadModule dav_fs_module modules/mod_dav_fs.so
 

NOTE: If these modules are not available on your system (typically the case on some Unix/Linux Apache servers), you have to recompile these 2 modules (mod_dav & mod_dav_fs) into the server. Other ways to load these module might be available. Check your Apache documentation at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/ for more details.

4. Add the following lines in the httpd.conf file:

#
 
#  WebDAV configuration
 
#
 
DavLockDB "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/var/DAVLock"
 
<Location /> 
 
Dav On 
 
</Location>
 

For Unix/Linux Web servers the fourth line might look more like:

DavLockDB /usr/local/apache2/var/DAVLock 
 

5. Create the var directory, and make it writable by anyone.