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.. _getting_started_directory_overview:
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Directory overview
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.. important::
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The directory overview only provides you some theoretical, but useful insights about how
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it all works together. You should at least read it once to be able to debug any problems you
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might encounter.
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If you have read it already, jump directly to :ref:`getting_started_create_your_first_project`
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**Table of Contents**
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.. contents:: :local:
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.. _getting_started_directory_overview_datadir:
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Data directory
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==============
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By default all your projects must be created in the ``./data/www/`` directory which is inside in
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your Devilbox git directory. This can be changed as well, but is outside the scope of this
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*getting started tutorial*.
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You can verifiy that the path is actually ``./data/www/`` by checking your ``.env`` file:
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.. code-block:: bash
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host> grep HTTPD_DATADIR .env
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HOST_PATH_HTTPD_DATADIR=./data/www
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Project directory
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=================
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The project directory is a directory directly within the data directory.
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**This represents one project.**
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By creating this directory, the web server will create a new virtual host for you. This
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happens fully automated and there is nothing else required to do except just to create a directory.
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The name of this directory will also be used to build up the final project url together with the
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domain suffix: ``http://<project directory>.<domain suffix>``
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Create as many project directories as you require.
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.. _getting_started_directory_overview_docroot:
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Docroot directory
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=================
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The docroot directory is a directory within each project directory from which the webserver will serve the files.
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By default this directory must be named ``htdocs``. This can be changed as well, but is outside
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the scope of this *getting started tutorial*.
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You can verifiy that the docroot directory is actually ``htdocs`` by checking your ``.env`` file:
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.. code-block:: bash
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host> grep DOCROOT_DIR .env
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HTTPD_DOCROOT_DIR=htdocs
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Domain suffix
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=============
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The default domain suffix (``TLD_SUFFIX`` variable in ``.env`` file) is ``loc``. That means that
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all your projects will be available under the following address: ``http://<project-directory>.loc``.
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This can be changed as well, but is outside the scope of this *getting started tutorial*.
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You can verifiy that the suffix is actually ``loc`` by checking your ``.env`` file:
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.. code-block:: bash
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host> grep ^TLD_SUFFIX .env
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TLD_SUFFIX=loc
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Making sense of it
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==================
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Ok, let's sum it up and make sense of the previously provided information. To better illustrate
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the behaviour we are going to use ``project-1`` as our project directory name.
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+---------------+---------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
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| Item | Example | Description |
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+===============+=================================+=============================================================+
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| data dir | ``./data/www`` | Where all of your projects reside. |
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+---------------+---------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
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| project dir | ``./data/www/project-1`` | A single project. It's name will be used to create the url. |
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+---------------+---------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
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| docroot dir | ``./data/www/project-1/htdocs`` | Where the webserver looks for files within your project. |
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+---------------+---------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
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| domain suffix | ``loc`` | Suffix to build up your project url. |
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+---------------+---------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
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| project url | ``http://project-1.loc`` | Final resulting project url. |
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+---------------+---------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
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**data dir**
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This directory is mounted into the ``httpd`` and ``php`` container, so that both know where all projects can be found. This is also the place where you create ``project directories`` for each of your projects.
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**project dir**
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Is your project and used to generate the virtual host together with the domain suffix.
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**docroot dir**
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A directory inside your ``project dir`` from where the webserver will actually serve your files.
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**domain suffix**
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Used as part of the project url.
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Checklist
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=========
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1. You know what the data directory is
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2. You know what the project directory is
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3. You know what the docroot directory is
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4. You know what the domain suffix is
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5. You know how domains are constructed
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