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 Topic: How to host "Motion" webcam pics to Apache2 |
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jules
Joined: 12 Jun 2016
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 Posted: Sun 12 Jun '16 16:42 Post subject: How to host "Motion" webcam pics to Apache2 |
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Hi,
I have got latest Raspbian Jessie, Motion and Apache2 on my raspberry pi
jpg pics are taken every 15mins and go into file /var/www where thy can be seen using ls
I want to add these to Apache2 to see them on my LAN
I can see the default page, with 'it works'. It says to replace this file before continuing, and this is where I get stuck.
How to I add my pics to the Apache2 server so I can see them? |
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glsmith
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Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Posts: 2268
Location: Sun Diego, USA
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| Posted: Sun 12 Jun '16 17:38 Post subject: |
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Quick & dirty
Rename the index.html file in /var/www/ to anything other than index.html. Once you do that and provided the Indexes option is turned on for /var/www/ you should see all the jpg files in there. This is of course assuming the index.html file that says "It Works!" is also in /var/www/ (so it's the DocumentRoot). |
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jules
Joined: 12 Jun 2016
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| Posted: Sat 18 Jun '16 12:29 Post subject: |
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OK, so I have all jpg pics in target directory
target_dir /var/motion and these are listed, but can't see pictures. At least I have a location for the pics.
I want to host these using apache.
In apache2, I went to sites-available
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
This brings up box. Under DocumentRoot /var/www/html
I added my motion file, /var/motion saved it and did an apache reload
sudo service apache2 reload
Should I have replaced it, rather than adding it?
I get this error message
Job for apache2.service failed. See 'systemctl status apache2.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
Something not right, am I totally off track here?
Have spent many hours trawling apache2, motion, Jessie, but nobody has had this particular problem.
Any ideas? Thanks for advice and wisdom. |
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jules
Joined: 12 Jun 2016
Posts: 3
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| Posted: Sat 18 Jun '16 12:43 Post subject: |
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Quick update to last post.
Replaced DocumentRoot /var/www/html with /var/motion
service reload, now when I go to my local IP address, the default Apache2 page I have been seeing has now changed to a white page showing
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server
I'm hosting something, not sure what. |
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James Blond
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
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Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg
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| Posted: Sat 25 Jun '16 22:22 Post subject: |
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Only changing the document root isn't enough.
there is also a permission block to that in thge config. |
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