document root

In this post I will explain how to setup document root for apache server. Initially the document root is set to /var/www/html by default. We need to change it when we have web applications in /var/www/html/folder. I will show an example how to configure document root for our project engelsystem. Engelsystem is downloaded to /var/www/html/ . We must make sure to point our apache2 document root to the Engelsystem directory to prevent any user from accessing anything other than the public/ directory for security reasons. Changing apache2 document root The default document root is set in the 000-default.conf file that is under /etc/apache2/sites-available folder. $ cd /etc/apache2/sites-available $ sudo nano 000-default.conf While the file is opened change DocumentRoot /var/www/ with your new folder e.g DocumentRoot /var/www/html/engelsystem/public where your index.php file resides Set the right Apache configuration The configuration of the /var/www folder is under /etc/apache2/apache2.conf. Edit this file to add the configuration of your new document root. $ sudo nano/etc/apache2/apache2.conf Copy the following: <Directory /var/www/> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None Require all granted </Directory> and change the directory path: <Directory /var/www/html/engelsystem/public> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None Require all granted </Directory> Restart Apache Now we can view the engelsystem at localhost/ or http://[i.p.address]/ $ sudoservice apache2 restart