# Using Bedrock without root server access

**URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/using-bedrock-without-root-server-access/2231
**Category:** bedrock
**Created:** 2014-09-08T21:21:21Z
**Posts:** 5

## Post 1 by @magicspon — 2014-09-08T21:21:21Z

Hello,

This is my first adventure with Bedrock. I’ve successfully installed all the bits and pieces, and it all looks lovely, I’m very much looking forward to building some wp sites with this setup. My only concern is as follows.

Most of the sites I develop are deployed onto fairly basic hosting packages without root access, I essentially just have access to public\_html. So all of my files are deployed there.

How will this work with the bedrock setup. The wp-config.php, which when deployed would sit in public\_html (or equivalent there of) is referencing files which are a level below, (autoload.php and application.php). So how would this work?

Any tips/help muchly appreciated…

Thanks  
Dave

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## Post 2 by @cfx — 2014-09-08T23:23:15Z

There are a few threads and articles written to chronicle their dealings with Bedrock in shared environments.

To answer your question: it works just fine because the Bedrock `wp-config.php` does not sit in the site’s root directory.

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## Post 3 by @magicspon — 2014-09-09T15:30:26Z

Hello,

Thanks for your reply.

So if wp-config.php (and therefore index.php) is not in the root of my server (i.e. public\_html) I presume I need to use some htaccess magic to make the web directory act as if it is the public\_html directory, unless I’m missing something.

Thanks again.  
Dave

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## Post 4 by @cfx — 2014-09-09T20:21:25Z

Check out [the Bedrock readme](https://github.com/roots/bedrock/blob/master/README.md), it answers the questions you’ve asked so far and more.

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## Post 5 by @magicspon — 2014-09-09T20:43:51Z

doh!.. my bad!

Thanks