Change the "document root" of a domain

[ramzez]

Hi all

I am newbie to the forum although fairly familiar with Cpanel in general.

I have a website that has two domains. One French and one English. They share the same root folder although the English files are in a subfolder.

I need to figure out how to change the "Document root" of the English domain to a subfolder of the French root.

In case you have no idea where I get "document root" from... In "Addon domains" one of the listed information is "document root" but I can't change it.

So where can I change that?

Thanks newbie Ramzez

[cPanelDavidG]

You can change the document root of a sub-domain by removing the sub-domain then re-adding it. This will not affect any of the files on the server unless you choose to delete the files yourself.

[ramzez]

I see what you mean however its not a subdomain that I am talking about.

However your your suggestion applies to both subdomains or domains.

Thanks

[apscinsspl]

Hello,

Allo document root information is stored in:

/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file

You can edit that file and make the changes for Document root.

After saving the changes just do

service httpd restart

[ramzez]

Speaking for most newbies....I have no idea what the f### you are talking about. ;-) All the controls I use are GUI. Those instructions do not look GUI to me.

Ramzez

[apscinsspl]

The httpd.conf is not to be edited via a GUI but via ssh , secondly if you want to change the document root for addon domain, delete and readd it and mention the document root for it as the folder name in which you uploaded files for it.

[Zishan]

Hello,

Allo document root information is stored in:

/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file

You can edit that file and make the changes for Document root.

After saving the changes just do

service httpd restart

In cPanel 11, custom changes made to httpd.conf will not be preserved. httpd.conf is generated based on /var/cpanel/userdata/ data. If you need to change the document root for a domain then it needs to be changed in /var/cpanel/userdata/username/domain.com. After that you need to rebuild httpd.conf as:

/usr/local/cpanel/bin/build_apache_conf

All the controls I use are GUI. Those instructions do not look GUI to me.

Ramzez

If you don't have root ssh access, then it won't be possible. You need to contact the Host/Provider in that case.

[cPanelDavidG]

The httpd.conf is not to be edited via a GUI but via ssh , secondly if you want to change the document root for addon domain, delete and readd it and mention the document root for it as the folder name in which you uploaded files for it.

Portions of httpd.conf can be edited indirectly via WHM by going to WHM -> Service Configuration -> Apache Configuration.

[sunil001]

Hi,

I dont think this is a big issue, please ask your hosting provider to chnage the DocumentRoot for your english domain.

vi /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf

find your english domain virtualhost entry, and change the documnetroot

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