Httpd Location

External

• http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/core.html#location

Internal

• httpd Configuration#Directives
• Directory

Overview

The <Location> directive limits the scope of the enclosed directives by URL. It is similar to the <Directory> directive, and starts a subsection which is terminated with a </Location> directive.

<Location> sections are processed in the order they appear in the configuration file, after the <Directory> sections and .htaccess files are read, and after the <Files> sections.

<Location> sections operate completely outside the filesystem. This has several consequences. Most importantly, <Location> directives should not be used to control access to filesystem locations. Since several different URLs may map to the same filesystem location, such access controls may by circumvented.

The enclosed directives will be applied to the request if the path component of the URL meets any of the following criteria:

• The specified location matches exactly the path component of the URL.
• The specified location, which ends in a forward slash, is a prefix of the path component of the URL (treated as a context root).
• The specified location, with the addition of a trailing slash, is a prefix of the path component of the URL (also treated as a context root).