.conf file extension

.conf

Configuration file. A text editable file that contains configuration settings for an application.

The file extension .conf is a generic file extension, in that it can be used to refer to denote configuration settings for a wide range of applications. .conf files are more common on applications that originate on Unix than on Windows (where .ini files would commonly be used instead.)

The following is a far from exhaustive list of .conf files:

awstats.site.conf

AWStats configuration file for a web site.

apache.conf

Apache (web server) configuration file.

netsvc.conf

Name resolution services configuration file.

nsswitch.conf

Name service switch configuration file.

rc.conf

BSD system startup configuration file.

vhosts.conf

Apache (web server) virtual hosts configuration file.

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