Change Web directory

hello,

i have Ubuntu Server 11.10 with ISPConfig 3.

i want to change Web basedirectory to /media/hdd0. I changed from ISPConfig->Settings but can't access site's hosted in /media/hdd0, i view a 403 error (don't have to access this resource).

I searched on the internet but don't found a solution, i found only a post on this forum where author write that must use suEXEC.

please help me to move /var/www (and subfolders from ISPConfig) to /media/hdd0.

sorry for my english.

 

Whats the full steps how to do that?

 

Use the mv command to move all contents away from the /var/www directory (/var/www must be empty afterwards).

Edit /etc/fstab and mount your device to /var/www instead of /media/hdd0. Run

Code:

mount -a

afterwards and check that the device got mounted to /var/www by running

Code:

mount

Use the cp or mv command to copy your backup back to /var/www.

Apache can be restarted as follows:

Code:

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

 

hey thanks for the post.

isn't this kinda the same thing. Here is what i did.

Code:

mv /var/www /path/to/my/folder

then made a symlink:

Code:

ln -s /my/path/www /var/www

 

You might get problems if you use suExec. suExec doesn't accept symlinks.

 

oh? well i guess ill go back to your post and see if i cant figure it out.

I doubt ill be using suExec anyways though.

 

Are these the exact commands or could you post them please?

so like do this?:

Code:

add this line in /etc/fstab[CODE]/dev/mapper/vg_main00-LogVol00 /var/www ext4 defaults 0 0

Then run the code

Code:

mount -a

then

Code:

mount

then copy everything back and restart httpd
[/CODE]

 

I didn't test, but they should work. If you are unsure, set up a test machine first.

 

havent seen any probs yet.