Solved Web server Gurus -- want Apache access to multi media files

Hi folks
Is there any way of getting access to multi media files via http via a web server without having to copy zillions of files into the server root webserver directory

Testing on a Local server at the moment - it's easy enough to set the servers root directory as ~/username

Same mechanics as Windows if you installed WAMP or probably similar if using IIS. My multimedia files though are on a Linux NAS server so it's easier to test locally on that but running a web browser from windows is fine with serverIP~/userid as well for the server on your LAN.

so this comes out as


then you can see / access a list of files in that subdirectory - in this case just one -- motto in all these things is of course testing simple !!!!

e,g


There's no problem with a small number of files / office documents etc but I don't want to have to "replicate" a few 100 X GB of multi media files.

Basically I have say a load of multi-media files say mounted on /mnt/DV1

Now is there any way the Apache web server can access all these files on that particular drive.

(I'm testing on local LAN so I can always beef up / tidy up security later). Security at this stage just adds extra unnecessary complication into the mix.

The std Apache2 server for users starts with a file called public_html in the users home directory. Creating sub directories and files will display those with http://localhost~/username

What I need is some link to display directory on /mnt/DV0 and have access to the files.

Cheers
jimbo

I've no idea with Apache, but can you just map a virtual folder? it looks like it can be done via an alias command in the config.

z3r010 said:

I've no idea with Apache, but can you just map a virtual folder? it looks like it can be done via an alias command in the config.

What is the proper way to create virtual directories in Apache without using symlinks?

I am coming from IIS and setting up virtual directories there is so pleasantly easy. You just right-click and add a "virtual directory" pointing to any path you like. This relative path gets reflec...

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Hi there
Thanks

That's the answer -- It's the same essentially on apache as IIS -all httpd service.

Working now so solved.

Thanks again !!!

Cheers
jimbo