KB423699: How to enable WebDAV in Apache Server 2.4.x in Windows for multimedia widget

In Strategy 10.x, you can access web folders shared with the WebDAV protocol that are hosted with IIS and Apache HTTP Server. KB45435  shows how to enabled WebDAV in Microsoft IIS and configure multimedia widget in Strategy Mobile 10.x. This technote shows how to enable WebDAV in Apache server in Windows. 
Prerequisite:

1. Apache HTTP Server 2.4.x is installed and correctly configured in Windows machine. For more details, please visit http://httpd.apache.org.
2. Strategy 10.x is installed in the same or different machine.  

Configuration Steps:

• Load WebDav module in Apache Server configuration. 
  WebDAV module is installed with Apache server 2.4.x by default. Backup "%APACHE_PATH%/conf/http.conf" and then edit it, un-comment the following load and include statements to load WebDAV module as shown below:
  

  
  LoadModule alias_module modules/mod_alias.so
  LoadModule auth_digest_module modules/mod_auth_digest.so
  LoadModule authn_file_module modules/mod_authn_file.so
  LoadModule dav_module modules/mod_dav.so
  LoadModule dav_fs_module modules/mod_dav_fs.so
  LoadModule dav_lock_module modules/mod_dav_lock.so
  LoadModule setenvif_module modules/mod_setenvif.so
  
  # Distributed authoring and versioning (WebDAV)
  Include conf/extra/httpd-dav.conf

  
  
• Create User & Password for WebDAV.
  For WebDAV authentication access, execute command below in CMD:
  

  
  htdigest -c "C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\jimmy\Apache24\user.passwd" DAV-upload admin
  

  
  Sample output is as shown below:
  

  
  C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\jimmy\Apache24\bin>htdigest -c "C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\jimmy\Apache24\user.passwd" DAV-upload admin
  Adding password for admin in realm DAV-upload.
  New password: ********
  Re-type new password: ********

  
  This is to create a user "admin" with password "********" and stored it in file "%APACHE_INSTALLED_PATH%/user.passwd", under realm "DAV-uploa".
   
  
• Configure WebDAV folder
  Created a “sites” folder under “%APACHE_PATH%/sites“. Edit “%APACHE_PATH%/extra/httpd-dav.conf”, add following content :
  

  
  Alias /sites "C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\jimmy\Apache24\sites"
  
  <Directory "C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\jimmy\Apache24\sites">
    
      Require all granted
      Dav On
  
      AuthType Digest
      AuthName DAV-upload
  
      Options Indexes
  
      AuthUserFile "C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\jimmy\Apache24\user.passwd"
      AuthDigestProvider file
  
      # Allow universal read-access, but writes are restricted
      # to the admin user.
      <LimitExcept GET OPTIONS>
          require user admin
      </LimitExcept>
  </Directory>

  
  This is to enable the WebDAV access for “sites” folder, and use “user.passwd” file for authentication, under realm “DAV-upload” as well (AuthName DAV-upload).
   
  
• Restart Apache Server
  Restart Apache server service. Now, WebDAV service is enabled in your server’s “sites” folder. 
   
  
• Visit URL of sites folder in Web browser to validate if the configuration is correct. The URL should be like "http://[IP of Server]:[Port]/sites". For example, "http://127.0.0.1:8000/sites" as shown below:
  

• Follow same steps as KB45435 > 3. Configure an XQuery database instance to retrieve web folder contents to create XQuery report and multimedia document.

Note: refer to https://www.mkyong.com/apache/how-to-enable-webdav-in-apache-server-2-2-x-windows/ for more details.