How do I change the root directory of an Apache server? [closed]

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Please note, that this only applies for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) and newer releases.

In my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, the document root was set to /var/www/html. It was configured in the following file:

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

So just do a

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf

and change the following line to what you want:

DocumentRoot /var/www/html

Also do a

sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

and find this:

<Directory /var/www/html/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>

And change /var/www/html to your preferred directory and save it.

After you saved your changes, just restart the Apache 2 web server and you’ll be done 🙂

sudo service apache2 restart

If you prefer a graphical text editor, you can just replace the sudo nano with a gksu gedit.

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