Automatic index generation is enabled with using Options +Indexes . See the Options directive for more details. If the FancyIndexing option is given with the IndexOptions directive, the column headers are links that control the order of the display.

The DirectoryIndex directive sets the list of resources to look for, when the client requests an index of the directory by specifying a / at the end of the directory name. Local-url is the (%-encoded) URL of a document on the server relative to the requested directory; it is usually the name of a file in the directory.

The index. html file is the default file a web server will serve up when you access the website using just the domain name and not a specific HTML file name. In the /var/www/html directory, create a file with the name index. html .

To access your web server, simple enter 'localhost' or the standard IP address, '127.0. 0.1' into the search bar of any web browser. If all the settings have been correctly entered, the web browser will display a default index. html with the words, 'It works!