How do I change the root directory of an apache server?

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Published on 2011-05-05T01:46:55Z Indexed on 2014/06/07 15:25 UTC
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Does anyone know how to change the document root of the Apache server? I basically want localhost to come from /users/spencer/projects directory instead of /var/www.

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I ended up figuring it out. Some suggested I change the httpd.conf file, but I ended up finding a file in /etc/apache2/sites-available/default and changed the root directory from /var/www to /home/myusername/projects_folder and that worked.

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