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Changing the Document Root
Changing the Document Root The document root is the folder where the web server finds your website files. Example: move it from /var/www/html to /var/www/portfolio . Change root (Nginx) or DocumentRoot (Apache), test the config, reload. Ask 3 questions: 1. Is every folder on the path 755 and the fil
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The document root is the folder where the web server finds your website files.
Example: move it from /var/www/html to /var/www/portfolio.
How
Change root (Nginx) or DocumentRoot (Apache), test the config, reload.
If you get 403
Ask 3 questions:
1. Is every folder on the path 755 and the file 644? (namei -l)
2. Is the path in the config exactly right?
3. Is the SELinux label right? (ls -Z)
Learn more in the lesson: 8.6 Changing the Document Root