2. For example, Create a directory [/home/webdav] and it makes possible to connect to WebDAV folder only by HTTPS.
root@www:~# apt -y install apache2-utils
root@www:~# mkdir /home/webdav
root@www:~# chown www-data. /home/webdav
root@www:~# chmod 770 /home/webdav
root@www:~# nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/webdav.conf
# create new
Alias /webdav /media/hdd1tb.backup/ftp_home/webdav
<Location /webdav>
DAV On
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
SSLRequireSSL
AuthType Basic
AuthName WebDav
AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/webdav.password
<RequireAny>
Require method GET POST OPTIONS
Require valid-user
</RequireAny>
</Location>
# add a user : create a new file with [-c]
root@www:~# htpasswd -c /etc/apache2/webdav.password pi
New password: # set password
Re-type new password:
Adding password for user pi
root@www:~# a2enmod dav*
#Enabling module dav. Considering dependency dav for dav_fs:
Module dav already enabled
Enabling module dav_fs.
Enabling module dav_lock.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run: systemctl restart apache2
root@www:~# a2ensite webdav
Enabling site webdav.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run: systemctl reload apache2
root@www:~# systemctl restart apache2
3. Configure WebDAV client on client computer.
This example is on Windows 10. Open [PC] and move to [Computer] tab and Click [Add a network location] icon.
Input the URL of WebDav folder.
Authentication is required, input username and password you added in section [1] by [htpasswd].
Input WebDav Folder Name. Any name is OK, it’s used on your Windows Computer.
