Title: DocumentRoot and Virtual Host Issues Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # DocumentRoot and Virtual Host Issues * [clockticks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clockticks/) * (@clockticks) * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/documentroot-and-virtual-host-issues/) * So I’m root on my webserver using name-based virtual hosts, I’m not an expert but I know my way around various Linux distros. * Using latest Centos/WP/PHP/MYSQL * My site was all up and running solid but I wanted to move over some more sites I facked some stuff up. In the dashboard I changed the directory (edits the mysql db) from [http://www.mywebsite.com/wordpress](http://www.mywebsite.com/wordpress) to [http://www.mywebsite.com](http://www.mywebsite.com) * Lost communication here with the site, as expected but I thought all I had to do was move the folder and edit httpd.conf to reflect the move. * To try to fix it I moved /var/www/html/mywebsite to /var/www/ then changed document root to /var/www/mywebsite * This all didn’t work and looks like the DB isn’t communicating correctly as the CSS is all screwed up. * So that’s that, I’m restoring from a backup and should be back to a working site in a second. Thought I would give that history though as I’m obviously doing something wrong. * I want to have multiple sites using name-based virtualhosts under /var/www/websiteA/ var/www/websiteB etc.. (or under /var/www/html/websiteA I don’t know the difference) * What kind of symlink or documentroot settings do I need to do here? Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * Thread Starter [clockticks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clockticks/) * (@clockticks) * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/documentroot-and-virtual-host-issues/#post-1972685) * Also, pretty important question as well. I’m going to host other WP sites on this server so in the WP Dashboard settings the following two options: * WordPress address (URL): [http://www.mywebsite.com/mywebsite](http://www.mywebsite.com/mywebsite) Site address (URL): [http://www.mywebsite.com/mywebsite](http://www.mywebsite.com/mywebsite) * Do I need to change the WP address URL to reflect the folder for each individual site, such as [http://www.mywebsite.com/mywebsiteB](http://www.mywebsite.com/mywebsiteB) etc.. * I know I asked a lot of questions but I’m really struggling here, I would really appreciate the help. * Thread Starter [clockticks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clockticks/) * (@clockticks) * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/documentroot-and-virtual-host-issues/#post-1972688) * Ok I fixed it, this is how I setup my httpd.conf virtual hosts for anyone else that has this issue in the future. * # # ServerName [http://www.mywebsite.com](http://www.mywebsite.com)# ServerAlias mywebsite.com *.mywebsite.com # DocumentRoot /var/www/html/mywebsite. com # * My wordpress install sits in a folder under /var/www/html/mywebsite.com * I made this symlink: ln -n /var/www/html/mywebsite.com/mywebsite index.html * The only problem right now is when I go to mywebsite.com it shows up as mywebsite. com/index.html * How can I get rid of that? * [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/) * (@claytonjames) * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/documentroot-and-virtual-host-issues/#post-1972715) * > The only problem right now is when I go to mywebsite.com it shows up as mywebsite. > com/index.html * index.html is not required. * Here is a rudimentary name based virtual hosts configuration example for httpd. conf. The first *default* host will result in 403’s for anyone using your numeric ip to reach the server. The other two will return the sites located in the “site1” and “site2” directories located inside of /var/www/html respectively. Add sites and directives as required. * (ignore the obvious breaks to prevent creating links in the post) * ServerName default.only Order allow,deny Deny from all ErrorLog logs/default-error_log CustomLog logs/default-access_log combined * ServerAdmin webmaster@ site1.com DocumentRoot /var/www/html/ site1 ServerName w ww.site1.com ServerAlias site1.com ErrorLog logs/site1-error_log CustomLog logs/site1-access_log combined * ServerAdmin webmaster@ site2.com DocumentRoot /var/www/html/ site2 ServerName w ww.site2.com ServerAlias site2.com ErrorLog logs/site2-error_log CustomLog logs/site2-access_log combined * Thread Starter [clockticks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clockticks/) * (@clockticks) * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/documentroot-and-virtual-host-issues/#post-1972724) * Thanks ClaytonJames, * I’m now getting a blank white page on site2.com and 404 when I try to get to [http://site2.com/wp-admin/install.php](http://site2.com/wp-admin/install.php) * At least it’s not redirecting anymore to site1.com * I have the following symlinks for each site under /var/www/html/site1 and /site2 * ln -s /var/www/html/site1.com/site1 index.html ln -s /var/www/html/site2.com/ site2 index.html * Here are my configs, also not the very first occurance in httpd.conf is still set to the following (if that matters): DocumentRoot “/var/www/html” * Here is the virtualhost parts: * NameVirtualHost *:80 * ServerName default.only Order allow,deny Deny from all ErrorLog logs/default-error_log CustomLog logs/default-access_log combined * ServerName [http://www.site1.com](http://www.site1.com) ServerAlias site1.com DocumentRoot /var/www/html/site1.com * ServerName [http://www.site2.com](http://www.site2.com) ServerAlias site2.com DocumentRoot /var/www/html/site2.com * Thread Starter [clockticks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clockticks/) * (@clockticks) * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/documentroot-and-virtual-host-issues/#post-1972808) * Please note this website added the “[http://”](http://”); above, it just has ww w in my config. * I’m kind of out of ideas at this point, if someone could really take a look I would be in your debt forever and you will probably have positive karma today resulting in your finding a 50 million dollar winning lottery ticket. * Thread Starter [clockticks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clockticks/) * (@clockticks) * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/documentroot-and-virtual-host-issues/#post-1972810) * Fixed it, turns out this was related to the earthquake in Japan. Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘DocumentRoot and Virtual Host Issues’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 6 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [clockticks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clockticks/) * Last activity: [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/documentroot-and-virtual-host-issues/#post-1972810) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics