Here’s where to find the Apache 2 web server configuration file httpd.conf The httpd.conf directory differs across Linux & Unix variants like CentOS, Mac OS X, Red Hat, Ubuntu and XAMPP Mac.
This table lists the httpd.conf location for each operating system:
| Operating System / Linux Distro | httpd.conf Location |
|---|---|
| CentOS 5.2 | /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf |
| CentOS 5.3 | /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf |
| Mac OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard | /etc/apache2/httpd.conf |
| Mac OSX 10.7 Lion | /etc/apache2/httpd.conf |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5.6 Tikanga (RHEL) | /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf |
| Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn | /etc/apache2/httpd.conf |
| Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex | /etc/apache2/httpd.conf |
| Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat | /etc/apache2/httpd.conf |
| XAMPP on Mac | /Applications/XAMPP/etc/httpd.conf |
For more specific information on Ubuntu, see httpd.conf location on Ubuntu.
The location for Fedora will likely be the same as CentOS (same distro family).
The location for Debian will likely be the same as Ubuntu (same distro family).
If your operating system or Apache package isn’t mentioned here, you can use the find command on Linux, Unix or Mac to find httpd.conf, e.g.:
find / -name httpd.conf 2>/dev/null
On Windows, you can use the search facility of Windows Explorer to find httpd.conf.
Additions & refinements welcome!
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