Custom httpd.conf / DirectoryIndex

[manager23]

Hello,

I have 2 seperate accounts on cpanel. What I want to do I want to connect one account to the directory index from the other account. It is a Magento webshop. I need to set a other Document Root for this regarding:
hxxp://www.magentocommerce.com/knowledge-base/entry/tutorial-multi-site-multi-domain-setup


Regarding the cpanel manual I have created a custom httpd.conf into the directory

/usr/local/apache/conf/userdata/std/2/username/userdomain.nl/httpd.conf


Into this custom httpd.conf file I putted the code below.

DocumentRoot /home/otheraccount/public_html




After running

/scripts/verify_vhost_includes --commit


This is succesfull included into the main httpd.conf file.

When I go to the specific domain I got an Internal Server Error


Does someone know how to fix this ?

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello

You can modify the document root for a domain name by editing the "documentroot" entry in the appropriate cPanel user data file:

/var/cpanel/userdata/$username/$domain.com

This is recommended over using an Apache include file. However, the "500" error message likely stems from attempting to access files from one account that are owned by another username. Using a path to files from another account is not recommended. Ideally, you should simply upload the same set of files to both accounts. Or, since you own both of the websites, you could make one of the accounts an Add-On domain name to the other instead of keeping them as two separate accounts.

Thank you.

 

[manager23]

Hello

You can modify the document root for a domain name by editing the "documentroot" entry in the appropriate cPanel user data file:

/var/cpanel/userdata/$username/$domain.com

This is recommended over using an Apache include file. However, the "500" error message likely stems from attempting to access files from one account that are owned by another username. Using a path to files from another account is not recommended. Ideally, you should simply upload the same set of files to both accounts. Or, since you own both of the websites, you could make one of the accounts an Add-On domain name to the other instead of keeping them as two separate accounts.

Thank you.

Hi Michael,

I know it is also a option to do it by the user data file.

The problem is indeed I want to acces another account. I want to do it this way because the Magento webshop says this is the correct way.

I first had add on domains for it, but with that the problem is I cannot assign a SSL certicate to each domain.

It was also not possible to connect 3 different to domains to 1 IP which is not the shared IP.

Uploading files to both is not prefered, because then we have to manage always 3 set of the same files. Magento has to option to manage 3 frontend shops from 1 backend installation.

Do you know how it is possible how to connect 1 account to the document root of another account?

Thanks

 

[cPanelMichael]

I first had add on domains for it, but with that the problem is I cannot assign a SSL certicate to each domain. It was also not possible to connect 3 different to domains to 1 IP which is not the shared IP.

It's now possible to assign multiple SSL certificates on the same IP address if you are using cPanel version 11.38 with an OS that supports SNI (e.g. CentOS 6, Red Hat Enterprise 6). Addon domain names are automatically assigned the IP address of the account, no matter if it's a dedicated or shared IP.

Sharing a document root may be possible with a different PHP handler (e.g. DSO instead of suPHP) but it's generally not recommended due to the security risk in doing so.

Thank you.

 

[manager23]

Must I make specifc cpanel settings to make this working?

I think I tried it before but got erros from the certificate, is is always taking 1 cert not the other 2 per domain.

I got errors in the certificate that the domain is incorrect.

 

[cPanelMichael]

Please open a new thread with the specific error messages you are receiving when attempting to install multiple certificates on the same IP address. This will allow us to focus on each issue individually.

Thank you.