Create a self-signed cert
Issue a self-signed cert with this command:
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cd /etc/ssl/certs
openssl req -newkey rsa:4096 \
-x509 \
-sha256 \
-days 3650 \
-nodes \
-out example.crt \
-keyout example.key \
-subj "/C=SI/ST=Ljubljana/L=Ljubljana/O=Security/OU=IT Department/CN=ipv6.webdav.hxp.plus"
mv example.crt ipv6.webdav.hxp.plus.crt
mv example.key ipv6.webdav.hxp.plus.key
Remember to change ipv6.webdav.hxp.plus to your server FQDN.
Configure the WebDAV directory
For Apache, there are three WebDAV-related modules which will be loaded by default when a Apache web server getting started. You can confirm that with this command:
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httpd -M | grep dav
You should be presented with:
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dav_module (shared)
dav_fs_module (shared)
dav_lock_module (shared)
Then install the apache ssl module by:
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yum install mod_ssl
Next, create a dedicated directory for WebDAV:
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mkdir /var/www/html/webdav
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/webdav
chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/webdav
and change the ownership of /var/www/html/:
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chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/
Create a user hxp for authentication
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htpasswd -c /etc/httpd/.htpasswd hxp
chown root:apache /etc/httpd/.htpasswd
chmod 640 /etc/httpd/.htpasswd
Create a VHost for WebDAV
Firstly, add
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Listen 40443
to your /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf, then
Create a new file /etc/httpd/conf.d/webdav.conf:
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DavLockDB /var/www/html/DavLock
<VirtualHost *:40443>
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/webdav/
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/access.log combined
LimitRequestBody 0
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/ipv6.webdav.hxp.plus.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/certs/ipv6.webdav.hxp.plus.key
Alias /webdav /var/www/html/webdav
LimitXMLRequestBody 0
<Directory /var/www/html/webdav>
DAV On
AuthType Basic
AuthName "webdav"
AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/.htpasswd
Require valid-user
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Restart Apache
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apachectl restart
References
https://devops.ionos.com/tutorials/how-to-set-up-webdav-with-apache-on-centos-7.html#:~:text=WebDAV%20(Web%2Dbased%20Distributed%20Authoring,on%20an%20Apache%20web%20server. https://www.vultr.com/docs/how-to-setup-a-webdav-server-using-apache-on-centos-7/ https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-create-a-self-signed-ssl-certificate-for-apache-in-ubuntu-16-04
