[SOLVED] How to change the web root folder?
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 11:37 pm
VestaCP comes with the default web folder as /home/admin/web/default.domain/public_html
How can I change the web folder to instead be /home/admin/web/default.domain/public_html/some_folder ?
Specifically, I have a symlink to the project folder right now: ...public_html/project_folder_symlink
And I would like to browse to my project with http://IPADDRESS instead of having to go to http://IPADDRESS/project_folder every time.
I know the answer lies somewhere in /etc/apache2/ but I've explored a bit and I just do not know exactly where to make the change.
Solution using .htaccess file:
This solution may have path to file issues, I prefer the solution below with the apache configuration.
Add a .htaccess file to the /public_html/ folder and add the rewrite code:
Solution with apache configuration file:
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How can I change the web folder to instead be /home/admin/web/default.domain/public_html/some_folder ?
Specifically, I have a symlink to the project folder right now: ...public_html/project_folder_symlink
And I would like to browse to my project with http://IPADDRESS instead of having to go to http://IPADDRESS/project_folder every time.
I know the answer lies somewhere in /etc/apache2/ but I've explored a bit and I just do not know exactly where to make the change.
Solution using .htaccess file:
This solution may have path to file issues, I prefer the solution below with the apache configuration.
Add a .htaccess file to the /public_html/ folder and add the rewrite code:
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# Example with domain name
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain-name.com$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.domain-name.com$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !folder/
RewriteRule (.*) /folder/$1 [L]Code: Select all
# Example with IP address
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^123.456.78.910$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^123.456.78.910$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !folder/
RewriteRule (.*) /folder/$1 [L]For quick reference: vim is a command line text editor, press i to go into insert mode, esc to cancel insert mode, :w to save, and :exit to exit.
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# Open web configuration file
vim /home/admin/conf/web/apache2.conf
# Add the upload folder to the lines with /public_html/
...
DocumentRoot /home/admin/web/default.domain/public_html/upload/
...
<Directory /home/admin/web/default.domain/public_html/upload>
...
# Restart apache server
apache2ctl restart