Pointing the default localhost folder to joomla in apache2

Question

Please help me to solve this issue as I am new to apache2.

My question is how to point "localhost" default /var/www to /var/www/joomla. Because whenever I type "localhost" in the browser it shows like it works! But instead of that I want to point that "localhost" default to my joomla site folder.

Even I tried running gksu gedit /etc/apache2/sites-available/site1 through the terminal and point it to my sites but nothing has changed.

Thanks in advance.

If you type `localhost/joomla` in your browser, will you see your joomla site? — Radu Rădeanu, Mar 16 '14 at 08:30
But i want my domain name point to www/joomla instead of typing localhost/joomla. — user3425139, Mar 16 '14 at 08:36

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 16 '14 at 08:54

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These worked for me:

Using the terminal, start to edit with root priviledges /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf file using nano for example:
```
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
```
Find the following line:
```
DocumentRoot /var/www
```
Replace the above line with:
```
DocumentRoot /var/www/joomla
```
Save the file and close it.
Restart apache2 server:
```
sudo service apache2 restart
```

answered Mar 16 '14 at 08:54

Radu Rădeanu

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Thanks for your healp but now problem has been solved using this command cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/default /etc/apache2/sites-available/site1 – user3425139 Mar 16 '14 at 09:53

Pointing the default localhost folder to joomla in apache2

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