Changing Apache document root on AWS EC2 does not work

Question

I have a PHP file in this directory : /home/ec2-user/folder/file.php and I setup the LAMP server.

What I tried:

A. Changing the document root inside the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

I changed the DocumentRoot and the Directory and I change the Override to All. Here is the changes I made:

#DocumentRoot "/var/www/html"
DocumentRoot "/home/ec2-user/folder"

#<Directory "/var/www/html">
<Directory "/home/ec2-user/folder">
#
# Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",
# or any combination of:
#   Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
#
# Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
# doesn't give it to you.
#
# The Options directive is both complicated and important.  Please see
# http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#options
# for more information.
#
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

#
# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
# It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
#   Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
#
    AllowOverride All

#
# Controls who can get stuff from this server.
#
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all

</Directory>

But If I call <publicDNS>/file.php I get the requested URL was not found on the server.

B. Create a serveExternal.php file inside the /var/www/html folder.

Content is:

 $fileName = $_GET['filename'];
 echo $fileName;   // shown correctly
 $cwd = getcwd(); // get the current working directory
 echo $cwd ; // prints the /var/www/html
 chdir ("/home/ec2-user/folder/"); // Change directory to /home/bitnami/folder/
 require_once($fileName); // include the required file
 chdir ($cwd); // Change the directory to its original location

But then my PHP file is never called.

Any solutions?

`/home/bitnami/folder/file.php` !== `/home/ec2-user/folder` – Mark Baker Sep 15 '14 at 22:50 — Mark Baker, Sep 15 '14 at 22:50
@MarkBaker typo fixed, I am talking about the same folder. – ghostrider Sep 16 '14 at 10:05 — ghostrider, Sep 16 '14 at 10:05

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 15 '14 at 23:06

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You will need to change the DocumentRoot to /home/bitnami/folder your files are in this folder and you are setting document root to different user's directory, so you are not able to access those files.

answered Sep 15 '14 at 23:06

Yalamber

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sorry it was a typo. Directories are the same , typo fixed. please read again :) – ghostrider Sep 16 '14 at 10:05
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Did you restart/reload the apache server after the change? – Yalamber Sep 16 '14 at 11:01
yes I did. Basically I exited my AWS and when logged in again I ran sudo service httpd start.Do I need to do something else? – ghostrider Sep 16 '14 at 21:50
restarting the apache did the trick, now having a different error but will post a new question. – ghostrider Sep 16 '14 at 23:42

Changing Apache document root on AWS EC2 does not work

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