SOLVED Changing document root for primary domain does not work

Hello @kjdion84,

I used the following steps to successfully modify the default document root for a domain name:

1. Update the "documentroot" value to the new path in the following files:

/var/cpanel/userdata/username/domain.tld
/var/cpanel/userdata/username/domain.tld_SSL

2. Remove the existing cache files:

Code:

rm /var/cpanel/userdata/username/domain.tld.cache
rm /var/cpanel/userdata/username/domain.tld_SSL.cache

3. Rebuild the cache files and the Apache configuration file:

Code:

/scripts/updateuserdatacache
/scripts/rebuildhttpdconf

4. Restart Apache:

Code:

/scripts/restartsrv_httpd

It looks like you may not have restarted Apache. Can you let us know if that solves the issue?

Thank you.

 

Hello @kjdion84,

I couldn't reproduce the issue when following the instructions noted in my previous response and using a directory name with a period as the document root. EX:

Code:

documentroot: /home/username/public_html/testing.directory/123

It's possible the "nano" command-line editor is the culprit here. Can you try using "vi" instead of "nano" to see if you notice a difference in the behavior?

Thank you.

 

Hello,

Not a problem! I'm glad to see you were able to solve the issue.