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Date:      Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:05:10 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org>
To:        doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r47884 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/the-website
Message-ID:  <201512171405.tBHE5AfC072089@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: wblock
Date: Thu Dec 17 14:05:09 2015
New Revision: 47884
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/47884

Log:
  Add a minimal Apache httpd.conf example for running test versions of the
  web site locally, including CGI scripts.

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/the-website/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/the-website/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/the-website/chapter.xml	Thu Dec 17 13:35:32 2015	(r47883)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/the-website/chapter.xml	Thu Dec 17 14:05:09 2015	(r47884)
@@ -169,6 +169,88 @@
 
       <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>cd ~/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/</userinput>
 &prompt.user; <userinput>env DESTDIR=/tmp/www make ENGLISH_ONLY=yes WEB_ONLY=yes all install</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>Changes to static files can usually be tested by viewing
+	the modified files directly with a web browser.  If the site
+	has been built as shown above, a modified main page can be
+	viewed with:</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>firefox /tmp/www/data/index.html</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>Modifications to dynamic files can be tested with a web
+	server running on the local system.  After building the site
+	as shown above, this
+	<filename>/usr/local/etc/apache24/httpd.conf</filename> can be
+	used with <package>www/apache24</package>:</para>
+
+      <programlisting># httpd.conf for testing the FreeBSD website
+Define TestRoot "/tmp/www/data"
+
+# directory for configuration files
+ServerRoot "/usr/local"
+
+Listen 80
+
+# minimum required modules
+LoadModule authz_core_module libexec/apache24/mod_authz_core.so
+LoadModule mime_module libexec/apache24/mod_mime.so
+LoadModule unixd_module libexec/apache24/mod_unixd.so
+LoadModule cgi_module libexec/apache24/mod_cgi.so
+LoadModule dir_module libexec/apache24/mod_dir.so
+
+# run the webserver as user and group
+User www
+Group www
+
+ServerAdmin you@example.com
+ServerName fbsdtest
+
+# deny access to all files
+&lt;Directory /&gt;
+    AllowOverride none
+    Require all denied
+&lt;/Directory&gt;
+
+# allow access to the website directory
+DocumentRoot "${TestRoot}"
+&lt;Directory "${TestRoot}"&gt;
+    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
+    AllowOverride None
+    Require all granted
+&lt;/Directory&gt;
+
+# prevent access to .htaccess and .htpasswd files
+&lt;Files ".ht*"&gt;
+    Require all denied
+&lt;/Files&gt;
+
+ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd-error.log"
+LogLevel warn
+
+# set up the CGI script directory
+&lt;Directory "${TestRoot}/cgi"&gt;
+    AllowOverride None
+    Options None
+    Require all granted
+    Options +ExecCGI
+    AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
+&lt;/Directory&gt;
+
+Include etc/apache24/Includes/*.conf</programlisting>
+
+      <para>Start the web server with</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>service apache24 onestart</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>The	web site can be viewed at
+	<link xlink:href="http://localhost"/>.  Be aware that many
+	links refer to the real &os; site by name, and those links
+	will still go to the external site instead of the local test
+	version.  Fully testing the local site will require
+	temporarily setting <acronym>DNS</acronym> so
+	<literal>www.FreeBSD.org</literal> resolves to
+	<literal>localhost</literal> or the local
+	<acronym>IP</acronym> address.</para>
     </example>
 
     <example xml:id="the-website-examples-buildinstall">



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