Bedrock Setup on Live Server (Apache)

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Hello,

So, I’ve been working away with Bedrock locally for the past few weeks, maybe months at this stage, and all has been going fairly well.

However, today I decided that I would try and set a Bedrock project up directly onto an Apache server and ran into a bit of an issue… namely it didn’t quite work out.

I have followed all steps as outlined here, https://roots.io/docs/bedrock/master/installation/, with the exception of number four (changing the document root to point to Bedrocks web folder), which is where I assume the problem lies.

I could go ahead and change the document root, but then I guess the existing website would be down.

I have a normal WordPress install at root level, then another normal one in a “test” subfolder - both work. I set Bedrock up in it’s own subfolder and had hoped that by going to “domain.com/bedrock”, that I could just work away as if it was a normal WordPress install… nope.

I guess my question is, has anybody tried this before? And if so, how did you get it to work?

Thanks,

Matthew

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You are correct.

You could:

  • point another domain (or subdomain) at your server and configure that so that its webroot is correct
  • tweak bedrock internally so that it expects that setup you’ve described (don’t recommend this)
  • set up a separate staging server with a correct webroot (this is what I almost always do)

They directory layout Bedrock expects is important to how it work, and a number of the ideas it represents. I’d recommend something that allows you to maintain that.

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At the risk of sounding ignorant, do you think point one could be achieved via an addon domain? Out of my comfort zone.

Cheers for the quick response btw.

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Probably?

This sounds like you’re using some kind of management panel (i.e. cpanel)? If that’s the case, and you’re on some kind of shared hosted (rather than a server you manage yourself) you might want to talk to their support about modifying the webroot for particular sub(domains).

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Ah, I’ll give it a go and see.

It’s my server, but yeah, using WHM and cPanel.

Cheers for the advice mate.

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Worked with a subdomain.:ok_hand: