WebDAV on Apache 2.4

Make sure the modules dav, davfs and auth_basic are enable. For Debian/Ubuntu distributions execute

a2enmod dav
a2enmod dav_fs
a2enmod auth_basic

Basic authentication with files

Add configuration for the WebDAV share

<Directory "/var/www/html/webdav">
        Dav On
        AllowOverride None

        AuthType Basic
        AuthName Secured
        AuthUserFile /var/www/.htpasswd
        Require valid-user
</Directory>

Lets create users for the WebDav share. The first time you call htpasswd will create the .htpasswd file with the -c option.

htpasswd -c /var/www/.htpasswd <username>

Subsequent users should be added without -c otherwise the file will be overwritten.

Note: use HTTPS to protect your password

LDAP authentication

Enable the LDAP module

a2enmod authnz_ldap

The below snippet will allow any LDAP user to access the WebDAV share

<Directory "/var/www/html/webdav">
        Dav On
        AllowOverride None

        AuthType Basic
        AuthName Secured
        AuthBasicProvider ldap
        AuthLDAPURL "ldap://<hostname>/ou=People,dc=example,dc=com"
        Require valid-user
</Directory>

service apache2 restart