Configuring multiple sub-domains

Justin Furnas

• April 19, 2018 14:31

Sorry if this is in the wrong place, I couldn't find a configuration specific section of the forums. I have a cpanel server installed. On it, I have a domain. We'll call it example.com There is also a virtualhost on it for a user, we'll call exampleuser. The main served folder for example.com (and www.manage.example.com Is there a way I can configure cpanel (for this account/domain only) to use sub-directories for all the sites? (The main site inside public_html/main for example), and the sub-domains still inside of their sites? I tried changing the values in /var/cpanel/userdata/example/example.com but after rebuilding and restarting the site was no longer accessible. (Gave a 403 error and a couple other things). I need to have the .htaccess in place on the main site, so I can't just remove it.

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  sparek-3

  • April 19, 2018 20:15

  The home directories for these two subdomains are /home/exampleuser/public_html/drive and /home/exampleuser/public_html/manage

  
  These are called DocumentRoots. That will help with terminology better later on. The best solution is to create your subdomains with DocumentRoots outside of the public_html folder, i.e. drive.example.com with a DocumentRoot of /home/exampleuser/drive.example.com manage.example.com with a DocumentRoot of /home/exampleuser/manage.example.com I actually believe this is the default behavior in cPanel when you create a subdomain now. This way your subdomains are not interfered with the .htaccess file in /home/exampleuser/public_html

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  Justin Furnas

  • April 19, 2018 21:57

  I have the most recent version of cPanel, and when I create subdirectories it doesn't do this. The root it starts at is inside of the 'public_html' directory, and I can't go back to the previous directory. Is there a specific thing I need to configure to fix it so that it works that way, and can I safely reconfigure my current subdomains to use that new structure without breaking them?

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  sparek-3

  • April 19, 2018 22:03

  What version of cPanel are you using? Do you have root access to this server? Or are you just a cPanel user?

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  Justin Furnas

  • April 19, 2018 22:08

  Yes, I have full root access. I'm usually very technical, I am just not when it comes to cpanel configuration .

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  sparek-3

  • April 19, 2018 22:22

  Log into your WHM, click on Tweak Settings, look for the Domains section. Is the option Restrict document roots to public_html on or off?

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  Justin Furnas

  • April 19, 2018 22:30

  Right now, it's set to 'On'. When changing it, I am able to edit my subdomains to point to /whatever.example.com, except now when doing that I get a 403 error on all of the sites. (After moving the files to the new directory). Nevermind, this appears to have fixed it.

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  cPanelLauren

  • April 20, 2018 12:39

  Hi @Justin Furnas To confirm disabling Restrict document roots to public_html as suggested by @sparek-3 resolved your issue once you moved the sites? Thank you,

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  Justin Furnas

  • April 21, 2018 03:00

  It appears to have, yes .

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  cPanelLauren

  • April 23, 2018 12:36

  Hello, Thank you for updating us @Justin Furnas ! I'm glad you were able to find a solution.

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