# Structure

title: Create the Directory Structure label: Server & Software Setup order: 100 authors:

• name: Charl Cronje email: charl@webally.co.za link: https://blog.webally.co.za avatar: https://assets.webally.co.za/avatars/darker.jpg edit: repo: "https://github.com/charlpcronje/setup.docs.devserv.me/edit/" base: /src branch: main label: Edit on GitHub editor: enabled: false favicon: favicon.png links:
• text: Projects Portfolio link: https://webally.co.za/projects
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• text: Resume link: https://cv.webally.co.za
• text: LinkedIn link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlpcronje
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First, create the directory structure in which we hold the website data to the serve on the internet for the visitors.

The Default Document Root location is /var/www/. Apache always looks at /var/www/ to find the content of the site. If you want to change the default path of Document Root. Simply edit the main Apache configuration file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.

To change the Document root edit the configuration file and the change the path of Document Root and the Directory of the Document Root.

Create the Directories using the mkdir command with -p extension that allow us to create a folder with a nested folder inside it.

In these directories we will create the public_html that hold our actual website files. It's not compulsory that you have to put the files public_html folder.

If you want to host multiple website then you have to create multiple directories for each of the Domain.

mkdir -p /var/www/securezone.co.za/public_html
mkdir -p /var/www/api.securezone.co.za/public_html