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Apache configured using .htaccess files

The file root-htaccess.txt file has a commented statement to auto-redirect the request for index.html to the foswiki view script.

# Redirect any access to 'index.html' to the 'view' script (i.e. Main.WebHome)
# Disabled by default - uncomment if required, will hide the real index.html.
#
# The first path here must be a URL path, not a file pathname
# Redirect /urlpath/to/foswiki/index.html your.domain.com/urlpath/to/foswiki/bin/view

Apache configured using sample foswiki_httpd_conf.txt file

There is a comment that shows how to eliminate access to the root directory:

# This alias enables access to the documents in the Foswiki root directory.
# You may comment this out if you do not desire that people have this access.
#### Change the path to match your local installation
Alias /foswiki "/var/www/foswiki"

Configured using Support.ApacheConfigGenerator

If you enabled the "Use Short URLs" option, the redirect should be automatically handled.

# short urls
Alias / "/var/www/foswiki/bin/view"