Apache Module mod_mime

Available Languages: en | + fr | + ja

+ + + +

Description:	Associates the requested filename's extensions + with the file's behavior (handlers and filters) + and content (mime-type, language, character set and + encoding)
Status:	Base
Module Identifier:	mime_module
Source File:	mod_mime.c

Summary

+ +

This module is used to assign content metadata to the content + selected for an HTTP response by mapping patterns in the + URI or filenames to the metadata values. For example, the filename + extensions of content files often define the content's Internet + media type, language, character set, and content-encoding. This + information is sent in HTTP messages containing that content and + used in content negotiation when selecting alternatives, such that + the user's preferences are respected when choosing one of several + possible contents to serve. See + mod_negotiation for more information + about content negotiation.

+ +

The directives AddCharset, AddEncoding, AddLanguage and AddType are all used to map file + extensions onto the metadata for that file. Respectively + they set the character set, content-encoding, content-language, + and media-type (content-type) of documents. The directive TypesConfig is used to specify a + file which also maps extensions onto media types.

+ +

In addition, mod_mime may define the handler and filters that originate and process + content. The directives AddHandler, AddOutputFilter, and AddInputFilter control the modules + or scripts that serve the document. The MultiviewsMatch directive allows + mod_negotiation to consider these file extensions + to be included when testing Multiviews matches.

+ +

While mod_mime associates metadata + with filename extensions, the core server + provides directives that are used to associate all the files in a + given container (e.g., <Location>, <Directory>, or <Files>) with particular + metadata. These directives include ForceType, SetHandler, SetInputFilter, and SetOutputFilter. The core directives + override any filename extension mappings defined in + mod_mime.

+ +

Note that changing the metadata for a file does not + change the value of the Last-Modified header. + Thus, previously cached copies may still be used by a client or + proxy, with the previous headers. If you change the + metadata (language, content type, character set or + encoding) you may need to 'touch' affected files (updating + their last modified date) to ensure that all visitors are + receive the corrected content headers.

Directives

AddCharset
AddEncoding
AddHandler
AddInputFilter
AddLanguage
AddOutputFilter
AddType
DefaultLanguage
MimeOptions
ModMimeUsePathInfo
MultiviewsMatch
RemoveCharset
RemoveEncoding
RemoveHandler
RemoveInputFilter
RemoveLanguage
RemoveOutputFilter
RemoveType
TypesConfig

Bugfix checklist

Files with Multiple Extensions ¶

Files can have more than one extension; the order of the + extensions is normally irrelevant. For example, if the + file welcome.html.fr maps onto content type + text/html and language French then the file + welcome.fr.html will map onto exactly the same + information. If more than one extension is given that maps onto + the same type of metadata, then the one to the right will + be used, except for languages and content encodings. For example, + if .gif maps to the media-type + image/gif and .html maps to the + media-type text/html, then the file + welcome.gif.html will be associated with the + media-type text/html.

+ +

Languages and content encodings are treated accumulative, because one can assign + more than one language or encoding to a particular resource. For example, + the file welcome.html.en.de will be delivered with + Content-Language: en, de and Content-Type: + text/html.

+ +

Care should be taken when a file with multiple extensions + gets associated with both a media-type + and a handler. This will + usually result in the request being handled by the module associated + with the handler. For example, if the .imap + extension is mapped to the handler imap-file (from + mod_imagemap) and the .html extension is + mapped to the media-type text/html, then the file + world.imap.html will be associated with both the + imap-file handler and text/html media-type. + When it is processed, the imap-file handler will be used, + and so it will be treated as a mod_imagemap imagemap + file.

+ +

If you would prefer only the last dot-separated part of the + filename to be mapped to a particular piece of meta-data, then do + not use the Add* directives. For example, if you wish + to have the file foo.html.cgi processed as a CGI + script, but not the file bar.cgi.html, then instead + of using AddHandler cgi-script .cgi, use

+ +

Configure handler based on final extension only

<FilesMatch "[^.]+\.cgi$">
+  SetHandler cgi-script
+</FilesMatch>

+ +

Content encoding ¶

A file of a particular media-type can additionally be encoded a + particular way to simplify transmission over the Internet. + While this usually will refer to compression, such as + gzip, it can also refer to encryption, such a + pgp or to an encoding such as UUencoding, which is + designed for transmitting a binary file in an ASCII (text) + format.

+ +

The HTTP/1.1 + RFC, section 14.11 puts it this way:

+ +

+
The Content-Encoding entity-header field is used as a modifier to + the media-type. When present, its value indicates what additional + content codings have been applied to the entity-body, and thus what + decoding mechanisms must be applied in order to obtain the media-type + referenced by the Content-Type header field. Content-Encoding is + primarily used to allow a document to be compressed without losing + the identity of its underlying media type.
+

+ +

By using more than one file extension (see section above about multiple file + extensions), you can indicate that a file is of a + particular type, and also has a particular + encoding.

+ +

For example, you may have a file which is a Microsoft Word + document, which is pkzipped to reduce its size. If the + .doc extension is associated with the Microsoft + Word file type, and the .zip extension is + associated with the pkzip file encoding, then the file + Resume.doc.zip would be known to be a pkzip'ed Word + document.

+ +

Apache sends a Content-encoding header with the + resource, in order to tell the client browser about the + encoding method.

+ +

Content-encoding: pkzip

+ +

Character sets and languages ¶

In addition to file type and the file encoding, + another important piece of information is what language a + particular document is in, and in what character set the file + should be displayed. For example, the document might be written + in the Vietnamese alphabet, or in Cyrillic, and should be + displayed as such. This information, also, is transmitted in + HTTP headers.

+ +

The character set, language, encoding and mime type are all + used in the process of content negotiation (See + mod_negotiation) to determine + which document to give to the client, when there are + alternative documents in more than one character set, language, + encoding or mime type. All filename extensions associations + created with AddCharset, + AddEncoding, AddLanguage and AddType directives + (and extensions listed in the MimeMagicFile) participate in this select process. + Filename extensions that are only associated using the AddHandler, AddInputFilter or AddOutputFilter directives may be included or excluded + from matching by using the MultiviewsMatch directive.

+ +

Charset

To convey this further information, Apache optionally sends + a Content-Language header, to specify the language + that the document is in, and can append additional information + onto the Content-Type header to indicate the + particular character set that should be used to correctly + render the information.

+ +

+Content-Language: en, fr +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 +

+ +

The language specification is the two-letter abbreviation + for the language. The charset is the name of the + particular character set which should be used.

+ +

AddCharset Directive ¶

+ + + + + + + +

Description:	Maps the given filename extensions to the specified content +charset
Syntax:	`AddCharset charset extension +[extension] ...`
Context:	server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess
Override:	FileInfo
Status:	Base
Module:	mod_mime

The AddCharset directive maps the given + filename extensions to the specified content charset (the Internet + registered name for a given character encoding). charset + is the media + type's charset parameter for resources with filenames containing + extension. This mapping is added to any already in force, + overriding any mappings that already exist for the same + extension.

+ +

Example

AddLanguage ja .ja
+AddCharset EUC-JP .euc
+AddCharset ISO-2022-JP .jis
+AddCharset SHIFT_JIS .sjis

+ +

Then the document xxxx.ja.jis will be treated + as being a Japanese document whose charset is ISO-2022-JP + (as will the document xxxx.jis.ja). The + AddCharset directive is useful for both to + inform the client about the character encoding of the document so that + the document can be interpreted and displayed appropriately, and for content negotiation, + where the server returns one from several documents based on + the client's charset preference.

+ +

The extension argument is case-insensitive and can + be specified with or without a leading dot. Filenames may have multiple extensions and the + extension argument will be compared against each of + them.

+ + +

AddEncoding Directive ¶

+ + + + + + + +

Description:	Maps the given filename extensions to the specified encoding +type
Syntax:	`AddEncoding encoding extension +[extension] ...`
Context:	server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess
Override:	FileInfo
Status:	Base
Module:	mod_mime

The AddEncoding directive maps the given + filename extensions to the specified HTTP content-encoding. + encoding is the HTTP content coding to append to the + value of the Content-Encoding header field for documents named with the + extension. This mapping is added to any already in force, + overriding any mappings that already exist for the same + extension.

+ +

Example

AddEncoding x-gzip .gz
+AddEncoding x-compress .Z

+ +

This will cause filenames containing the .gz extension + to be marked as encoded using the x-gzip encoding, and + filenames containing the .Z extension to be marked as + encoded with x-compress.

+ +

Old clients expect x-gzip and x-compress, + however the standard dictates that they're equivalent to + gzip and compress respectively. Apache does + content encoding comparisons by ignoring any leading x-. + When responding with an encoding Apache will use whatever form + (i.e., x-foo or foo) the + client requested. If the client didn't specifically request a + particular form Apache will use the form given by the + AddEncoding directive. To make this long story + short, you should always use x-gzip and + x-compress for these two specific encodings. More + recent encodings, such as deflate, should be + specified without the x-.

+ +

AddHandler Directive ¶

+ + + + + + + +

Description:	Maps the filename extensions to the specified +handler
Syntax:	`AddHandler handler-name extension +[extension] ...`
Context:	server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess
Override:	FileInfo
Status:	Base
Module:	mod_mime

Files having the name extension will be served by the + specified handler-name. This + mapping is added to any already in force, overriding any mappings that + already exist for the same extension. For example, to + activate CGI scripts with the file extension .cgi, you + might use:

+ +

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi

+ + +

Once that has been put into your httpd.conf file, any file containing + the .cgi extension will be treated as a CGI program.

+ +

AddInputFilter Directive ¶

+ + + + + + + +

Description:	Maps filename extensions to the filters that will process +client requests
Syntax:	`AddInputFilter filter[;filter...] +extension [extension] ...`
Context:	server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess
Override:	FileInfo
Status:	Base
Module:	mod_mime

AddInputFilter maps the filename extension + extension to the filters which + will process client requests and POST input when they are received by + the server. This is in addition to any filters defined elsewhere, + including the SetInputFilter + directive. This mapping is merged over any already in force, overriding + any mappings that already exist for the same extension.

+ +

If more than one filter is specified, they must be separated + by semicolons in the order in which they should process the + content. The filter is case-insensitive.

+ +

+ + +

AddLanguage Directive ¶

+ + + + + + + +

Description:	Maps the given filename extension to the specified content +language
Syntax:	`AddLanguage language-tag extension +[extension] ...`
Context:	server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess
Override:	FileInfo
Status:	Base
Module:	mod_mime

The AddLanguage directive maps the given + filename extension to the specified content language. Files with the + filename extension are assigned an HTTP Content-Language + value of language-tag corresponding to the language + identifiers defined by RFC 3066. + This directive overrides any mappings that already exist for the same + extension.

+ +

Example

AddEncoding x-compress .Z
+AddLanguage en .en
+AddLanguage fr .fr

+ +

Then the document xxxx.en.Z will be treated as + being a compressed English document (as will the document + xxxx.Z.en). Although the content language is + reported to the client, the browser is unlikely to use this + information. The AddLanguage directive is + more useful for content + negotiation, where the server returns one from several documents + based on the client's language preference.

+ +

If multiple language assignments are made for the same + extension, the last one encountered is the one that is used. + That is, for the case of:

+ +

AddLanguage en .en
+AddLanguage en-gb .en
+AddLanguage en-us .en

+ + +

documents with the extension .en would be treated as + being en-us.

+ +

AddOutputFilter Directive ¶

+ + + + + + + +

Description:	Maps filename extensions to the filters that will process +responses from the server
Syntax:	`AddOutputFilter filter[;filter...] +extension [extension] ...`
Context:	server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess
Override:	FileInfo
Status:	Base
Module:	mod_mime

The AddOutputFilter directive maps the + filename extension extension to the filters which will process responses + from the server before they are sent to the client. This is in + addition to any filters defined elsewhere, including SetOutputFilter and AddOutputFilterByType directive. This mapping is merged + over any already in force, overriding any mappings that already exist + for the same extension.

+ +

For example, the following configuration will process all + .shtml files for server-side includes and will then + compress the output using mod_deflate.

+ +

AddOutputFilter INCLUDES;DEFLATE shtml

+ + +

If more than one filter is specified, they must be separated + by semicolons in the order in which they should process the + content. The filter argument is case-insensitive.

+ +

Note that when defining a set of filters using the + AddOutputFilter directive, + any definition made will replace any previous definition made by + the AddOutputFilter + directive.

+ +

# Effective filter "DEFLATE"
+AddOutputFilter DEFLATE shtml
+<Location "/foo">
+  # Effective filter "INCLUDES", replacing "DEFLATE"
+  AddOutputFilter INCLUDES shtml
+</Location>
+<Location "/bar">
+  # Effective filter "INCLUDES;DEFLATE", replacing "DEFLATE"
+  AddOutputFilter INCLUDES;DEFLATE shtml
+</Location>
+<Location "/bar/baz">
+  # Effective filter "BUFFER", replacing "INCLUDES;DEFLATE"
+  AddOutputFilter BUFFER shtml
+</Location>
+<Location "/bar/baz/buz">
+  # No effective filter, replacing "BUFFER"
+  RemoveOutputFilter shtml
+</Location>

+ + +

AddType Directive ¶

+ + + + + + + +

Description:	Maps the given filename extensions onto the specified content +type
Syntax:	`AddType media-type extension +[extension] ...`
Context:	server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess
Override:	FileInfo
Status:	Base
Module:	mod_mime

The AddType directive maps the given + filename extensions onto the specified content + type. media-type is the media + type to use for filenames containing + extension. This mapping is added to any already in + force, overriding any mappings that already exist for the same + extension.

+ +

+ It is recommended that new media types be added using the + AddType directive rather than changing the + TypesConfig file. +

+ +

Example

AddType image/gif .gif

+ +

Or, to specify multiple file extensions in one directive:

+ +

Example

AddType image/jpeg jpeg jpg jpe

+ +

A similar effect to mod_negotiation's + LanguagePriority + can be achieved by qualifying a media-type with + qs:

+ +

Example

AddType application/rss+xml;qs=0.8 .xml

+ +

This is useful in situations, e.g. when a client + requesting Accept: */* can not actually processes + the content returned by the server.

+ +

This directive primarily configures the content types generated for + static files served out of the filesystem. For resources other than + static files, where the generator of the response typically specifies + a Content-Type, this directive has no effect.

+ + +

Note

If no handler is explicitly set for a request, the specified content + type will also be used as the handler name.

+ +

When explicit directives such as + SetHandler or + AddHandler do not apply + to the current request, the internal handler name normally set by those + directives is instead set to the content type specified by this directive. +

+ This is a historical behavior that may be used by some third-party modules + (such as mod_php) for taking responsibility for the matching request. +

+ +

Configurations that rely on such "synthetic" types should be avoided. + Additionally, configurations that restrict access to + SetHandler or + AddHandler should + restrict access to this directive as well.

+ + +

DefaultLanguage Directive ¶

+ + + + + + + +

Description:	Defines a default language-tag to be sent in the Content-Language +header field for all resources in the current context that have not been +assigned a language-tag by some other means.
Syntax:	`DefaultLanguage language-tag`
Context:	server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess
Override:	FileInfo
Status:	Base
Module:	mod_mime

The DefaultLanguage directive tells Apache + that all resources in the directive's scope (e.g., all resources + covered by the current <Directory> container) that don't have an explicit language + extension (such as .fr or .de as configured + by AddLanguage) should be + assigned a Content-Language of language-tag. This allows + entire directory trees to be marked as containing Dutch content, for + instance, without having to rename each file. Note that unlike using + extensions to specify languages, DefaultLanguage + can only specify a single language.

+ +

If no DefaultLanguage directive is in force + and a file does not have any language extensions as configured + by AddLanguage, then no + Content-Language header field will be generated.

+ +

Example

DefaultLanguage en

+ +

MimeOptions Directive ¶

+ + + + + + + + +

Description:	Configures mod_mime behavior
Syntax:	`MimeOptions option [option] ...`
Context:	server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess
Override:	FileInfo
Status:	Base
Module:	mod_mime
Compatibility:	Apache HTTP Server 2.5.1 and later

The MimeOptions directive configures certain + behaviors of mod_mime. Option can + be one of

+ +

TypesLastExtension: This option only consider the last (right-most) filename extension + when determining a files Content-Type.
NoTypesLastExtension: This option can be used to revert to the default behavior of testing + every filename extension when determining a files Content-Type.
AllLastExtension: This option only consider the last (right-most) filename extension + when scanning filenames.
NoAllLastExtension: This option can be used to revert to the default behavior of scanning + every filename extension. Only useful if + MimeOptions AllLastExtension has been used in a lower precedence + configuration section
Disable: All assignment of metadata based on the filename is skipped.
Enable: Re-enables file extension checking by this module. Only useful if a lower + precedence configuration section has specified + MimeOptions Disable.

+ +

ModMimeUsePathInfo Directive ¶

+ + + + + + + +

Description:	Tells `mod_mime` to treat `path_info` +components as part of the filename
Syntax:	`ModMimeUsePathInfo On\|Off`
Default:	`ModMimeUsePathInfo Off`
Context:	directory
Status:	Base
Module:	mod_mime

The ModMimeUsePathInfo directive is used to + combine the filename with the path_info URL component to + apply mod_mime's directives to the request. The default + value is Off - therefore, the path_info + component is ignored.

+ +

This directive is recommended when you have a virtual filesystem.

+ +

Example

ModMimeUsePathInfo On

+ +

If you have a request for /index.php/foo.shtml + mod_mime will now treat the + incoming request as /index.php/foo.shtml and directives + like AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml will add the + INCLUDES filter to the request. If ModMimeUsePathInfo is not set, the + INCLUDES filter will not be added. This will work + analogously for virtual paths, such as those defined by + <Location>

+ +

MultiviewsMatch Directive ¶

+ + + + + + + + +

Description:	The types of files that will be included when searching for +a matching file with MultiViews
Syntax:	`MultiviewsMatch Any\|NegotiatedOnly\|Filters\|Handlers +[Handlers\|Filters]`
Default:	`MultiviewsMatch NegotiatedOnly`
Context:	server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess
Override:	FileInfo
Status:	Base
Module:	mod_mime

MultiviewsMatch permits three different + behaviors for mod_negotiation's + Multiviews feature. Multiviews allows a request for a file, + e.g. index.html, to match any negotiated + extensions following the base request, e.g. + index.html.en, index.html.fr, or + index.html.gz.

+ +

The NegotiatedOnly option provides that every extension + following the base name must correlate to a recognized + mod_mime extension for content negotiation, e.g. + Charset, Content-Type, Language, or Encoding. This is the strictest + implementation with the fewest unexpected side effects, and is the + default behavior.

+ +

To include extensions associated with Handlers and/or Filters, + set the MultiviewsMatch directive to either + Handlers, Filters, or both option keywords. + If all other factors are equal, the smallest file will be served, + e.g. in deciding between index.html.cgi of 500 + bytes and index.html.pl of 1000 bytes, the .cgi + file would win in this example. Users of .asis files + might prefer to use the Handler option, if .asis files are + associated with the asis-handler.

+ +

You may finally allow Any extensions to match, even if + mod_mime doesn't recognize the extension. This can cause + unpredictable results, such as serving .old or .bak files the webmaster + never expected to be served.

+ +

For example, the following configuration will allow handlers + and filters to participate in Multviews, but will exclude unknown + files:

+ +

MultiviewsMatch Handlers Filters

+ + +

MultiviewsMatch is not allowed in a + <Location> or <LocationMatch> section.

+ + +

RemoveCharset Directive ¶

+ + + + + + + +

Description:	Removes any character set associations for a set of file +extensions
Syntax:	`RemoveCharset extension [extension] +...`
Context:	virtual host, directory, .htaccess
Override:	FileInfo
Status:	Base
Module:	mod_mime

The RemoveCharset directive removes any + character set associations for files with the given extensions. + This allows .htaccess files in subdirectories to + undo any associations inherited from parent directories or the + server config files.

+ +

The extension argument is case-insensitive and can + be specified with or without a leading dot.

+ +

Example

RemoveCharset .html .shtml

+ +

RemoveEncoding Directive ¶

+ + + + + + + +

Description:	Removes any content encoding associations for a set of file +extensions
Syntax:	`RemoveEncoding extension [extension] +...`
Context:	virtual host, directory, .htaccess
Override:	FileInfo
Status:	Base
Module:	mod_mime

The RemoveEncoding directive removes any + encoding associations for files with the given extensions. This + allows .htaccess files in subdirectories to undo + any associations inherited from parent directories or the + server config files. An example of its use might be:

+ +

/foo/.htaccess:

AddEncoding x-gzip .gz
+AddType text/plain .asc
+<Files "*.gz.asc">
+    RemoveEncoding .gz
+</Files>

+ +

This will cause foo.gz to be marked as being + encoded with the gzip method, but foo.gz.asc as an + unencoded plaintext file.

+ +

Note

RemoveEncoding directives are processed + after any AddEncoding + directives, so it is possible they may undo the effects of the latter + if both occur within the same directory configuration.

+ +

The extension argument is case-insensitive and can + be specified with or without a leading dot.

+ +

RemoveHandler Directive ¶

+ + + + + + + +

Description:	Removes any handler associations for a set of file +extensions
Syntax:	`RemoveHandler extension [extension] +...`
Context:	virtual host, directory, .htaccess
Override:	FileInfo
Status:	Base
Module:	mod_mime

The RemoveHandler directive removes any + handler associations for files with the given extensions. This allows + .htaccess files in subdirectories to undo any + associations inherited from parent directories or the server + config files. An example of its use might be:

+ +

/foo/.htaccess:

AddHandler server-parsed .html

+ +

/foo/bar/.htaccess:

RemoveHandler .html

+ +

This has the effect of returning .html files in + the /foo/bar directory to being treated as normal + files, rather than as candidates for parsing (see the mod_include module).

+ +

The extension argument is case-insensitive and can + be specified with or without a leading dot.

+ +

RemoveInputFilter Directive ¶

+ + + + + + + +

Description:	Removes any input filter associations for a set of file +extensions
Syntax:	`RemoveInputFilter extension [extension] +...`
Context:	virtual host, directory, .htaccess
Override:	FileInfo
Status:	Base
Module:	mod_mime

The RemoveInputFilter directive removes any + input filter associations for files with + the given extensions. + This allows .htaccess files in subdirectories to + undo any associations inherited from parent directories or the + server config files.

+ +

The extension argument is case-insensitive and can + be specified with or without a leading dot.

+ +

RemoveLanguage Directive ¶

+ + + + + + + +

Description:	Removes any language associations for a set of file +extensions
Syntax:	`RemoveLanguage extension [extension] +...`
Context:	virtual host, directory, .htaccess
Override:	FileInfo
Status:	Base
Module:	mod_mime

The RemoveLanguage directive removes any + language associations for files with the given extensions. This + allows .htaccess files in subdirectories to undo + any associations inherited from parent directories or the + server config files.

+ +

The extension argument is case-insensitive and can + be specified with or without a leading dot.

+ +

RemoveOutputFilter Directive ¶

+ + + + + + + +

Description:	Removes any output filter associations for a set of file +extensions
Syntax:	`RemoveOutputFilter extension [extension] +...`
Context:	virtual host, directory, .htaccess
Override:	FileInfo
Status:	Base
Module:	mod_mime

The RemoveOutputFilter directive removes any + output filter associations for files with + the given extensions. + This allows .htaccess files in subdirectories to + undo any associations inherited from parent directories or the + server config files.

+ +

The extension argument is case-insensitive and can + be specified with or without a leading dot.

+ +

Example

RemoveOutputFilter shtml

+ +

RemoveType Directive ¶

+ + + + + + + +

Description:	Removes any content type associations for a set of file +extensions
Syntax:	`RemoveType extension [extension] +...`
Context:	virtual host, directory, .htaccess
Override:	FileInfo
Status:	Base
Module:	mod_mime

The RemoveType directive removes any + media type associations for files with + the given extensions. This allows .htaccess files in + subdirectories to undo any associations inherited from parent + directories or the server config files. An example of its use + might be:

+ +

/foo/.htaccess:

RemoveType .cgi

+ +

This will remove any special handling of .cgi + files in the /foo/ directory and any beneath it, + causing responses containing those files to omit the HTTP + Content-Type header field.

+ +

Note

RemoveType directives are processed + after any AddType + directives, so it is possible they may undo the effects of the + latter if both occur within the same directory configuration.

+ +

The extension argument is case-insensitive and can + be specified with or without a leading dot.

+ +

TypesConfig Directive ¶

+ + + + + + + +

Description:	The location of the `mime.types` file
Syntax:	`TypesConfig file-path`
Default:	`TypesConfig conf/mime.types`
Context:	server config
Status:	Base
Module:	mod_mime

The TypesConfig directive sets the + location of the media types + configuration file. File-path is relative to the + ServerRoot. This file sets + the default list of mappings from filename extensions to content + types. Most administrators use the mime.types file + provided by their OS, which associates common filename + extensions with the official list of IANA registered media types + maintained at http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/index.html + as well as a large number of unofficial types. This + simplifies the httpd.conf file by providing the + majority of media-type definitions, and may be overridden by + AddType directives as + needed. You should not edit the mime.types file, + because it may be replaced when you upgrade your server.

+ +

The file contains lines in the format of the arguments to + an AddType directive:

+ +

+ media-type [extension] ... +

+ +

The case of the extension does not matter. Blank lines, and lines + beginning with a hash character (#) are ignored. + Empty lines are there for completeness (of the mime.types file). + Apache httpd can still determine these types with mod_mime_magic. +

+ +

+ Please do not send requests to the Apache HTTP + Server Project to add any new entries in the distributed + mime.types file unless (1) they are already + registered with IANA, and (2) they use widely accepted, + non-conflicting filename extensions across platforms. + category/x-subtype requests will be automatically + rejected, as will any new two-letter extensions as they will + likely conflict later with the already crowded language and + character set namespace. +

+ +

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