Apache Setup for Migrated Site
Budget: ₹600 – ₹1,500 INR
I have just moved a mixed static-and-dynamic website from a Windows VPS to a fresh Linux box and, at the moment, Apache is still serving its default landing page. I need you to turn that blank slate into a properly configured production host.
Here is what I expect:
• Craft and enable an Apache virtual host that points to the migrated codebase, disables the default page, sets the correct DocumentRoot, log paths and permissions, and honours Linux case-sensitivity differences that might have crept in during the Windows transfer.
• Confirm that both the static assets and the dynamic layer (it connects to a non-standard database engine, not MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL or SQLite) load without errors.
• Walk through any tweaks you had to make—htaccess rules, mod_rewrite or other module choices you think are necessary—so I can understand and reproduce them.
• Test the finished setup over HTTP/HTTPS, then show me how to manage common tasks (restarting Apache, checking logs, updating files) from an unprivileged user via SSH.
I’m comfortable granting you temporary root or sudo access, and I’m aiming to have this wrapped up within the next one to two days. Once everything is live, I’ll verify the site’s pages, admin area and database calls; if they work as expected the job is complete.
Here is what I expect:
• Craft and enable an Apache virtual host that points to the migrated codebase, disables the default page, sets the correct DocumentRoot, log paths and permissions, and honours Linux case-sensitivity differences that might have crept in during the Windows transfer.
• Confirm that both the static assets and the dynamic layer (it connects to a non-standard database engine, not MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL or SQLite) load without errors.
• Walk through any tweaks you had to make—htaccess rules, mod_rewrite or other module choices you think are necessary—so I can understand and reproduce them.
• Test the finished setup over HTTP/HTTPS, then show me how to manage common tasks (restarting Apache, checking logs, updating files) from an unprivileged user via SSH.
I’m comfortable granting you temporary root or sudo access, and I’m aiming to have this wrapped up within the next one to two days. Once everything is live, I’ll verify the site’s pages, admin area and database calls; if they work as expected the job is complete.