.htaccess location

[vince786]

I am using apache2 as the web server and tomcat as the application server and I need to include a .htaccess file. My thought was that it needs to live in the apache2 environment. The doc says that the .htaccess must be in the web root folder so I am a bit lost as to the exact location. Would appreciate any pointers.

Thanks.

[wfco]

The .htaccess controls the directory where it is placed, and any subdirectories. It should be placed at the docRoot of your apache server.

[g1smd]

It should be at

example.com/.htaccess

as seen from the web. Since it should not itself be accessible from the web, then it should be in the same folder as the

example.com/robots.txt

file.