Question
Cannot change root of web site with Apache2 Virtual Hosts directive
I need to have this site’s root be /var/www/examplesite/docroot/
Running SSL with a Let’s Encrypt certificate, and heavy .htaccess file in /var/www/examplesite/docroot
Whenever I run phpinfo() it tells me that the DOCUMENTROOT still remains /var/www/examplesite
Here is the apache2 Virtual Hosts conf directive, which I took care of enabling with a2ensite and have restarted apache2 numerous times. The default 000 conf file was disabled.
<VirtualHost *:443 *:80>
<Directory /var/www/example_site/docroot>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ServerAdmin webmaster@example_site.org
ServerName example_site.org
ServerAlias www.example_site.org
DocumentRoot /var/www/example_site/docroot
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =example_site.org [OR]
RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =www.example_site.org
RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [END,NE,R=permanent]
</VirtualHost>
Also, does a ‘Virtual Host’ directive need to have both port 443 and 80 specified, or would *:80 be enough?
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