Using EBS for the www/http directory

Question

I have a simple web server set up on an ec2 instance.

I want to use a separate EBS disk to store the websites it hosts.

I have created and mounted a disk at /data and can access it via SSH and ftp.

But when i try to serve websites from it by specifying a folder there in vhosts, I get the standard apache page.

I think it might be something to do with permissions / ownership of the directory but I can't seem to figure it out.

Any advice?

whats your apache configuration for the virtual host referencing those folders. If you had pbm with permission you'll receive a specific error, do you have any error in your access/error log ? — Frederic Henri, Jun 22 '16 at 09:57
here's part of the vhosts: ServerName default:80 DocumentRoot /data/html #ServerAdmin you@example.com #ErrorLog /data/vhosts/logs/error_log works fine for /var/www/html but when i change it to /data/html it stops working — Jonathan Plackett, Jun 22 '16 at 09:58
nothing in the error log, but that's also on /data so might be unable to write — Jonathan Plackett, Jun 22 '16 at 10:00
[Wed Jun 22 10:02:12.514341 2016] [authz_core:error] [pid 9185] [client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:47391] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: /data/$ — Jonathan Plackett, Jun 22 '16 at 10:02
check http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18392741/apache2-ah01630-client-denied-by-server-configuration — Frederic Henri, Jun 22 '16 at 10:07

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 22 '16 at 10:32

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Simple solution: you need to add the folder you want to serve from (in my case /data) in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

<Directory "/data">
    AllowOverride None
    # Allow open access:
    Require all granted
</Directory>

answered Jun 22 '16 at 10:32

Jonathan Plackett

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