Move projects to a different directory

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Move projects to a different directory

No matter if your projects are already in a different location or if you want to move them out of the Devilbox git directory now, you can do that in a few simple steps.

Projects in an absolute path

So let’s assume all of your projects are already in place under /home/user/workspace/web/. Now you decide to use the Devilbox, but still want to keep your projects where they are at the moment.

All you have to do is to adjust the path of env-httpd-datadir in the .env file.

# Navigate to Devilbox git directory
host> cd path/to/devilbox

# Open the .env file with your favourite editor
host> vim .env

Now Adjust the value of env-httpd-datadir

HOST_PATH_HTTPD_DATADIR=/home/user/workspace/web

That’s it, whenever you start up the Devilbox, /home/user/workspace/web/ will be mounted into the PHP and the web server container into /shared/httpd/.

Projects adjacent to Devilbox directory

Consider the following directory setup:

|
+- devilbox/
|
+- projects/
   |
   + project1/
   | |
   | + htdocs/
   |
   + project2/
     |
     + htdocs/

Independently of where the Devilbox directory is located, you can achieve this structure via relative path settings.

All you have to to is to adjust the path of env-httpd-datadir in the .env file.

# Navigate to Devilbox git directory
host> cd path/to/devilbox

# Open the .env file with your favourite editor
host> vim .env

Now Adjust the value of env-httpd-datadir

HOST_PATH_HTTPD_DATADIR=../projects

That’s it, whenever you start up the Devilbox, your project directory will be mounted into the PHP and the web server container into /shared/httpd/.