How to setup simple apache directory

(This is using Arch to install, otherwise substitute httpd with apache2)

Install Apache & Copy Files to Serve¶

sudo pacman -S --needed apache
sudo install -d -m 755 /srv/http/audio
sudo chmod 644 /srv/http/audio/*

Include Apache Index Module¶

sudo sed -i 's/^#\?LoadModule autoindex_module/LoadModule autoindex_module/' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Create Directory Conf¶

sudo tee /etc/httpd/conf/extra/simple-dir.conf >/dev/null <<'EOF'
<Directory "/srv/http">
    Options Indexes
    AllowOverride None
    Require all granted
</Directory>
EOF

Add Hostname to Conf¶

echo 'Include conf/extra/simple-dir.conf' | sudo tee -a /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

echo "ServerName $(hostname -f 2>/dev/null || hostname):80" | sudo tee -a /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Check if Loaded¶

httpd -M 2>/dev/null | grep -i autoindex || echo "autoindex NOT loaded"

Test httpd config¶

httpd -t

Start httpd¶

sudo systemctl enable --now httpd
systemctl --no-pager status httpd

Copy File Over¶

cp ~/supremecourt-oralarguments-20251008-hour1.mp3 /srv/http/audio/