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Changing the Document Root on a VPS per domain
Hi,

I have a VPS with Web Fusion, so I have multiple domains on one server.

I have just recently installed Zend Framework and following their guidelines I should be storing all application logic outside of the document root.

At the moment the document root for a site is:

Code:
/var/www/vhosts/domainname.com/httpdocs/


I have created folders inside the current document root called "public" and "application".

How can I change it so that public is the new document root for this domain?

I have tried editing the apache2.conf file adding:

Code:
<VirtualHost domainname.com:80>
    DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/domainname.com/httpdocs/public/
</VirtualHost>


But that didn't seem to work.

I am not sure what I should change any ideas will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Ian
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Don't add stuff to the configuration.

Look through the Apache file(s) for whatever mentions that document root. It could be the main DocumentRoot directive or it could be a DocumentRoot in a <VirtualHost>.

Find it and change it.
Then find the corresponding <Directory> and change that path.
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If you are running apache2.2 edit the file sites-enabled/000-default
Change DocumentRoot and Directory path.
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Hi,

I have found 000-default file which looks something like this:
Code:
<VirtualHost *>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot /var/www/
    <Directory />
        Directives in here.
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>


I was expecting the document root to have httpdocs in it. I am not sure what I should be adding here now, could anyone help?

Thanks,

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Hi,

I have found 000-default file which looks something like this:
Code:
<VirtualHost *>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot /var/www/
    <Directory />
        Directives in here.
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>


I was expecting the document root to have httpdocs in it. I am not sure what I should be adding here now, could anyone help?

Thanks,

Ian


If you are changing the document root other than the default server then you should edit the corresponding config file. "sites-enabled" directory contains only currently enabled server config files. Open the files and look for your domain name in "<VirtualHost>" tag.
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If you are changing the document root other than the default server then you should edit the corresponding config file. "sites-enabled" directory contains only currently enabled server config files. Open the files and look for your domain name in "<VirtualHost>" tag.


Where abouts can I find these files?

I am looking in /etc/apache2/ and I can see a list of files:
  • apache2.conf
  • conf.d
  • envvars
  • httpd.conf
  • httpd.pem
  • mods-available
  • mods-enabled
  • ports.conf
  • sites-available
  • sites-enabled

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Don't forget to set ServerName!!!

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
DocumentRoot /some/file/system
</VirtualHost>
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