Lost httpd.conf file located apache [closed]

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How can I find where my httpd.conf file is located?

I am running an Ubuntu Linux server from the Amazon Web Services EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) and I can't find my Apache config.

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linuxapacheubuntuamazon-ec2httpd.conf
Which OS are you using? How did you install Apache? Which version of Apache are you running? These are all things that you should include when this gets moved the correct place (probably SeverFault). - gpojd
Shouldn't this be migrated to superuser.com instead of closing? - trejder
Here's a quick way: find / -name httpd.conf - prograhammer
For red hat, usually: /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/… - danwild
Here's another quick way: locate httpd.conf - Sudip Bhandari

2 Answers

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Get the path of running Apache

$ ps -ef | grep apache
apache   12846 14590  0 Oct20 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2

Append -V argument to the path 

$ /usr/sbin/apache2 -V | grep SERVER_CONFIG_FILE
-D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="/etc/apache2/apache2.conf"

Reference:
http://commanigy.com/blog/2011/6/8/finding-apache-configuration-file-httpd-conf-location

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See http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/DistrosDefaultLayout for discussion of where you might find Apache httpd configuration files on various platforms, since this can vary from release to release and platform to platform. The most common answer, however, is either /etc/apache/conf or /etc/httpd/conf

Generically, you can determine the answer by running the command:

httpd -V

(That's a capital V). Or, on systems where httpd is renamed, perhaps apache2ctl -V

This will return various details about how httpd is built and configured, including the default location of the main configuration file.

One of the lines of output should look like:

-D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="conf/httpd.conf"

which, combined with the line:

-D HTTPD_ROOT="/etc/httpd"

will give you a full path to the default location of the configuration file