9 Tips to Use Apachectl and Httpd like a Power User

"2. Use a temporary DocumentRoot without modifying httpd.conf

"This is very helpful, when you are trying out different layout for your website and don't want to modify the original files under the default DocumentRoot. 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..."

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