Beginners question: point Domain to directory?

[David 0]

Hello all,
I am currently experimenting with Cloudron and am considering switching from my managed hosting to a server with Cloudron.

Is there any way to have a domain point directly to a directory (e.g. in the surfer app)? On my current webspace I have static HTML files in some folders, which are a very simple web page. The domain simply points to the corresponding directory on my webspace. Is there something like that in Cloudron too?

best
David

[nebulon]

On Cloudron you would probably install one app per such folder.

Alternatively I guess you could add apache settings in the lamp app to deliver specific folders based on domain https://docs.cloudron.io/apps/lamp/#apache-settings

[David 0]

Thanks for your suggestion. I'd rather go with the one-app-per-folder/domain solution. lamp and apache stuff seems to nerdy/advanced for me (at least at this point in my journey towards being responsible for a webserver).

[girish]

@David-0 Is your use case to have many directories named say static1, static2, static3 etc and have websites name static1.domain.com , static2.domain.com , static3.domain.com ?

[robi]

@David-0 yes, if you cleverly configure things.

Cloudron is based on individual apps tied to domains or subdomains, not directories, however, what you're looking to do can be configured with a single Surfer app to host your HTML files in various directories, and then you can install the Proxy App on a bare domain to proxy to the Surfer App address/dir or "Upstream URI".

For example:
static.domain1.com/dir1 for the Surfer App with any number of /dir2, 3, 4, 5...

domain1.com for the App-Proxy App(s) pointing to static.domain.com/dir1, 2, 3, 4, 5

use docs.cloudron.io to see how to configure both surfer and the app-proxy

[David 0]

@girish said in Beginners question: point Domain to directory?:

@David-0 Is your use case to have many directories named say static1, static2, static3 etc and have websites name static1.domain.com , static2.domain.com , static3.domain.com ?

Currently, I have several directories on my webspace and a few domains with different TLDs pointing to each of them: namedomain.de , namedomain.org , namedomain.info etc.

@robi What you're suggesting sounds interesting. I would definitely have a look into that. Thanks!