Apache: "AuthType not set!" 500 Error

Remove the line that says

Require all granted

it's only needed on Apache >=2.4

The problem here can be formulated another way: how do I make a config that works both in apache 2.2 and 2.4?

Require all granted is only in 2.4, but Allow all ... stops working in 2.4, and we want to be able to rollout a config that works in both.

The only solution I found, which I am not sure is the proper one, is to use:

# backwards compatibility with apache 2.2
Order allow,deny
Allow from all

# forward compatibility with apache 2.4
Require all granted
Satisfy Any

This should resolve your problem, or at least did for me. Now the problem will probably be much harder to solve if you have more complex access rules...

See also this fairly similar question. The Debian wiki also has useful instructions for supporting both 2.2 and 2.4.

Alternatively, this solution works with both Apache2 version < 2.4 as well as >= 2.4. Make sure that the "version" module is enabled:

a2enmod version

And then use this code instead:

<IfVersion < 2.4>
    Allow from all
</IfVersion>
<IfVersion >= 2.4>
    Require all granted
</IfVersion>

Just remove/comment the following line from your httpd.conf file (etc/httpd/conf)

Require all granted

This is needed till Apache Version 2.2 and is not required from thereon.