Using a temporary DocumentRoot without modifying apache configuration

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Using a temporary DocumentRoot without modifying apache configuration


If you want to test the working of a website without modifying the httpd.conf file and  original files under the default DocumentRoot, do the following.

Take a copy of your original DocumentRoot directory (/var/www/html) to a new temporary DocumentRoot directory (/var/www/html_debug). Make all your changes under this temporary DocumentRoot directory (/var/www/html_debug) and start the Apache with this temporary directory as shown below using option -c.

httpd -k start -c "DocumentRoot /var/www/html_debug/"

If you want to go back to original configuration using the default DocumentRoot (/var/www/html), simply restart the Apache as shown below.

# httpd -k stop
# apachectl start

Done...