Apache config for sharing domain document root

Jarod Thornton

• June 15, 2017 14:57

I have searched and searched without finding any solid resource for allowing the following scenario. Any insight and feedback is appreciated. Server [LIST]

Apache/2.4.25

CENTOS 7.3 x86_64 kvm " host

cPanel & WHM 64.0 (build 24)

php 5.6 Global Configuration [LIST]

ExecCGI *enabled

FollowSymLinks *enabled

Includes *enabled

IncludesNOEXEC *enabled

Indexes *enabled

MultiViews *enabled

SymLinksIfOwnerMatch *disabled example.com is on ~one, but it's documentroot needs to point to ~two This is the vhost file of one.com attempting to reference the root of ~two:
documentroot: /home/two/public_html group: one hascgi: 1 homedir: /home/one ip: ########## ipv6: ~ no_cache_update: 1 owner: owner phpopenbasedirprotect: 1 serveralias: exmple.com mail.example.com www.example.com servername: example.com usecanonicalname: 'On' user: one userdirprotect: one
The error I get is that /home/two/public_html is not owned by ~one. Of course it's not. How can I setup this domain to point to a different document root?

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  cPanelMichael

  • June 16, 2017 16:19

  Hello, The only supported method of sharing a document root between two domain names is to utilize the Addon domains feature (as opposed to two separate cPanel accounts): Addon Domains - Documentation - cPanel Documentation Thank you.

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  Jarod Thornton

  • June 20, 2017 18:22

  So we ditched the first attempt to override vhost and decided to setup the following: [LIST]

  domain1 has dedicated IP

  domains use shared IP

  domain2 is on it's own cpanel so client can use email etc

  domain2 has an A record pointing to domain1 dedicated IP This works, however I am now unable to get autossl to work with this setup. None of the common names in the certificate match the name that was entered. How can I overcome this?

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  cPanelMichael

  • June 20, 2017 18:30

  Hello, The issue is that it's going to load the certificate associated with the domain name on the other cPanel account, and thus not match the domain name entered in the browser. The only true way to support sharing a document root would be to have the domain names be part of the same cPanel account through the use of addon domain names. Thank you.

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  Jarod Thornton

  • June 20, 2017 18:43

  I understand. So our goal is to provide our clients (if they wish) a dedicated cPanel environment for their hosting. We also offer a managed WordPress service which is on it's own dedicated cPanel account. Some clients may have multiple domains on their cPanel and want to use the managed WordPress service for one. That is what we are trying to setup. If they were on a separate host we could just create the A record to the IP for the managed WP service. Do you have a suggestion for a solid workaround to this so we can provide this kind of split service?

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  cPanelMichael

  • June 20, 2017 19:24

  Hello, That type of configuration isn't supported because it would involve sharing a document root with domain names across multiple accounts. That said, there is an unsupported workaround for a similar setup on the following threads you may find helpful: Share Directory Across Multiple Accounts sharing directory for users /home/scripts Thank you.

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