Setting Up DAV on Apache 2

Instructions for setting up WebDAV on Apache 2 on a Debian server. I would imagine that these instructions would work on any Apache 2 installation with slight modifications.

These instructions assume that Apache 2 is already installed and functioning. They borrow generously from the official Apache docs. DAV provides read/write access through Apache, much like FTP. I use it to host shared .ics calendar files.

The first thing we need to do is enable the DAV module. To do this, add the following three symbolic links:

ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/dav_fs.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dav_fs.load
ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/dav.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dav.load
ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/dav_lock.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dav_lock.load

Now edit the sites-enabled file (located under /etc/apache2/sites-enabled) and add the following information under the VirtualHost in question.

DavLockDB /var/lock/apache2/DavLock

<Directory /var/www/foo>
     Order Allow,Deny
     Allow from all

     Dav On
     AuthType Basic
     AuthName bar
     AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/htaccess/bar
     Require valid-user
</Directory>

This allows read/write DAV access to the directory /var/www/foo. Before people can access this DAV folder, they must type the username and password contained in the htaccess file located at /etc/apache2/htaccess/bar.

Now that we have the settings configures, we need to create the folder /etc/apache2/htaccess. Then run the following command to create the htaccess file:

htpasswd -c /etc/apache2/htaccess/bar username

The system will ask you to type the password you want twice for the username you have specified.

Restart Apache and everything should be ready to go.

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