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SOLVED Changing document root for primary domain does not work

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by kjdion84, Apr 18, 2018.

  1. kjdion84

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    I've done the following:

    nano /var/cpanel/userdata/username/mysite.com

    Changed documentroot from /home/username/public_html to /home/username/public_html/mysite.com/public

    rm -vf /var/cpanel/userdata/username/mysite.com.cache

    /scripts/updateuserdatacache
    /scripts/rebuildhttpdconf
    service httpd restart

    It DOES NOT WORK. It breaks the website entirely. Why???
     
    #1 kjdion84, Apr 18, 2018
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    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.
     
    #2 cPanelMichael, Apr 18, 2018
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    Nope.

    I get the following when visiting the domain:

    This page isn’t working
    mydomain.com is currently unable to handle this request.

    HTTP ERROR 500
     
    #3 kjdion84, Apr 18, 2018
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    OK so it works if I use:

    /home/username/public_html/public

    Instead of:

    /home/username/public_html/mysite.com/public

    Is there a way to make it work with the second example? Does the period need to be escaped or something?
     
    #4 kjdion84, Apr 18, 2018
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    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.
     
    #5 cPanelMichael, Apr 18, 2018
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    I'm an idiot. Everything is working from the server point of view, I was missing a couple PHP extensions I had to install via EasyApache.

    Sorry and thanks for the help.
     
    #6 kjdion84, Apr 18, 2018
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    Hello,

    Not a problem! I'm glad to see you were able to solve the issue.
     
    #7 cPanelMichael, Apr 18, 2018
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