apache2 root directory confusion [LAMP]

[quarkslot]

Hi,

Before 14.04 the root directory for apache web server was /var/www

From 14.04 this changed to /var/www/html - I believe the change was made for security reasons.

So you should now place your files in /var/www/html - for example for your local website.

To confirm this I can see that the configuration file on my system (/etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf) has the following entry to set the root directory:

DocumentRoot /var/www/html

I use a standard script to display information on my PHP installation which according to online guides should now be placed in /var/www/html but when I run the script with http://localhost/info.php it doesn't work. Instead I have to use http://localhost/html/info.php.

So it seems there is a legacy setting on my system which is overriding the apache configuration file mentioned above.

Does anyone know what or where this file is located so I can update it so that my system is configured correctly? And just in case anyone asks, I have tried re-starting the apache server.

Thanks in advance,

Nick

[TWPonKubuntu]

My localhost apache configuration matches yours, and phpinfo.php in /var/www/html does work as expected when called by:

http://localhost/phpinfo.php

Do you have a website installed yet?
If so, can I assume that your website code in /var/www/html does work?
If not then check these:

Check your /etc/hosts file. The first line in my version is:

127.0.0.1  localhost
...

next, check for the linked file:

/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf

which points at the real file in ../sites-available

Are you using any virtual hosts? I have several, all working and located in sub-directories of /var/www/html

[quarkslot]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply.

Firstly yes, website code in /var/www/html does work and my hosts file is configured correctly.

However there is no linked file in:

/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf

Is this important - should I create one?

I'm not using virtual hosts.

Thanks again.

[TWPonKubuntu]

I don't know if it will help, but you can create the linked (symlink) file "000-default.conf" in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/

This is the manpage doc on how to do this. Alternatively, I use Dolphin to simply create (drag, drop) a link to the real file and then restart xserver (or reboot the computer).

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/...2ensite.8.html

Try creating just the linked file to 000-default.conf, restart and test your site.

My preference is to use virtual hosts, to support multiple sites, but that is NOT strictly necessary. I do think the default file should be linked in sites-enabled.