Question

I have no experience in setting up servers.
So… How do you set up a web server that hosts documents like the example below?

Answer 1

For this, the basic apache installation should work. If the directory does not contain an index.html (or any of the other valid indices), then it will display the directory contents as per your example.

NB: Ensure that your apache config permits directory listing, by including Options Indexes andThenSomeOtherStuffMostLikely in the directory-definition in your httpd.conf. For example, here’s the default on my webserver, which permits it:

<Directory "/usr/www/default/http">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

Now, if apache has both read and execute access to the directory (which it should have), then it’ll display as an index.