Modify docroot to improve security in magento 2.3

pathakkrunal 2019-07-24 05:11:10 UTC #1

Keywords: Magento - AWS - Technical issue - Other
Description:
How can we change docroot to /pub folder in magento installation. magento ask to change root path to /pub folder for security

jota 2019-07-24 07:02:09 UTC #2

Hi @pathakkrunal,

Could you please let us know where you obtained that information? If it was in the application itself, can you let us know the steps to follow to obtain it and a screenshot of the message?

If it's documented in the Magento's doc, can you share that guide with us too?

Thanks

pathakkrunal 2019-07-24 07:15:26 UTC #3

Hi @jota,
here is the document
https://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.3/install-gde/tutorials/change-docroot-to-pub.html

Please check it.

Thank you

jota 2019-07-24 08:18:22 UTC #4

Hi @pathakkruna,

Achieving this is not as simple as modifying the DocumentRoot. Our team will take a look at the documentation and our documentation and will update this thread once we have more information.

Thanks

pathakkrunal 2019-07-24 09:40:47 UTC #5

Thank you @jota , for quick reply.

tomasp 2019-07-26 14:42:01 UTC #6

Hi @pathakkrunal,

I was able to change Magento root path to /pub following these steps:

1. Edit Apache configuration

Edit the following files changing /opt/bitnami/apps/magento/htdocs by /opt/bitnami/apps/magento/htdocs/pub:

/opt/bitnami/apps/magento/conf/httpd-prefix.conf
/opt/bitnami/apps/magento/conf/httpd-app.conf

2. Edit Varnish configuration

Change all the occurrences of "/pub/health_check.php" by "/health_check.php" in the following file:

/opt/bitnami/varnish/etc/varnish/magento.vcl

3. Update secure and unsecure URL paths in database

Connect to the MySQL server and run the following commands:

mysql> use bitnami_magento
mysql> UPDATE core_config_data SET value='{{unsecure_base_url}}static/' WHERE path='web/unsecure/base_static_url';
mysql> UPDATE core_config_data SET value='{{secure_base_url}}static/' WHERE path='web/secure/base_static_url';
mysql> UPDATE core_config_data SET value='{{unsecure_base_url}}media/' WHERE path='web/unsecure/base_media_url';
mysql> UPDATE core_config_data SET value='{{secure_base_url}}media/' WHERE path='web/secure/base_media_url';
mysql> exit

4. Switch Magento modes

Load the Bitnami environment:

sudo /opt/bitnami/use_magento

Execute the following commands to configure Magento modes:

cd /opt/bitnami/apps/magento/htdocs
./bin/magento-cli deploy:mode:set developer
./bin/magento-cli cache:flush
./bin/magento-cli deploy:mode:set production
./bin/magento-cli cache:flush

5. Deploy static content

Finally, deploy the static content:

./bin/magento-cli setup:static-content:deploy

6. Restart Varnish and Apache servers

sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart varnish
sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart apache

I hope it helps,
Tomas

pathakkrunal 2019-08-02 06:52:05 UTC #7

Hi @tomasp,
Thank you for your reply,

It works for me thank you very much.

tomasp 2019-08-02 09:59:47 UTC #8

I'm glad to hear it worked for you! We will close this thread as solved.
Please do not hesitate to open a new one with any other question you may have.

tomasp 2019-08-02 09:59:51 UTC #9

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