diff --git a/xCAT-server/debian/postrm b/xCAT-server/debian/postrm
index d2b136a25..4c92dbf3e 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/debian/postrm
+++ b/xCAT-server/debian/postrm
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ case "$1" in
        update-rc.d xcatd disable
        rm -f /usr/sbin/xcatd  #remove the symbolic
 
-       rm -f /etc/apache2/conf.d/xcat-ws.conf
+       rm -f /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/xcat-ws.conf
     ;;
 
     *)
diff --git a/xCAT-server/debian/rules b/xCAT-server/debian/rules
index 410c07bb6..027559171 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/debian/rules
+++ b/xCAT-server/debian/rules
@@ -66,9 +66,10 @@ binary-arch:
 	chmod 644 $(rootdir)/lib/perl/xCAT_schema/samples/*
 	chmod 644 $(rootdir)/lib/shfunctions
 	chmod 644 $(rootdir)/share/doc/packages/xCAT-server/*
-	echo "ScriptAlias /xcatws $(prefix)/ws/xcatws.cgi" > $(buildroot)/etc/apache2/conf.d/xcat-ws.conf
-	cat $(PWD)/xCAT-wsapi/xcat-ws.conf.ubuntu >>  $(buildroot)/etc/apache2/conf.d/xcat-ws.conf
+	echo "ScriptAlias /xcatws $(prefix)/ws/xcatws.cgi" > $(buildroot)/etc/apache2/conf-available/xcat-ws.conf
+	cat $(PWD)/xCAT-wsapi/xcat-ws.conf.ubuntu >>  $(buildroot)/etc/apache2/conf-available/xcat-ws.conf
 	rm -rf $(rootdir)/ws/xcat-ws.conf*
+	ln -s ../conf-available/xcat-ws.conf $(buildroot)/etc/apache2/conf-enabled/xcat-ws.conf
 #	dh_installmenu
 #	dh_installdebconf	
 #	dh_installlogrotate
diff --git a/xCAT-server/xCAT-wsapi/xcat-ws.conf.ubuntu b/xCAT-server/xCAT-wsapi/xcat-ws.conf.ubuntu
index 48ef8bb6b..1609e7160 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/xCAT-wsapi/xcat-ws.conf.ubuntu
+++ b/xCAT-server/xCAT-wsapi/xcat-ws.conf.ubuntu
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 LoadModule rewrite_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_rewrite.so
+LoadModule cgi_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_cgi.so
 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} xcatws
 RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}$1 [R,L]
 
 <Files xcatws.cgi>
-    Order allow,deny
-    Allow from all
+    Require all granted
 </Files>