OPENSHIFT - How do I change the document root?

Question

Hi here I was openshift novice users, where before I used the cpanel for my hosting, and I want to switch to openshift, that I ask is how do I change the document root?, if previously on cpanel is Home/public_html/thelifestylelist.com to Home/public_html/thelifestylelist.com/public on openshift? (my index php is on public directory) Hopefully the picture below can clarify my question. Thank you.

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Answer 1

This is the order OpenShift search for root directory

IF php/ dir exists THEN DocumentRoot=php/  
ELSE IF public/ dir exists THEN DocumentRoot=public/  
ELSE IF public_html/ dir exists THEN DocumentRoot=public_html/  
ELSE IF web/ dir exists THEN DocumentRoot=web/  
ELSE IF www/ dir exists THEN DocumentRoot=www/  
ELSE DocumentRoot=/ 

So you just add the any of this folders.

Answer 2

According to this blog post, there are multiple document roots you can use for your PHP project (or static html project), you can read it here: https://www.openshift.com/blogs/openshift-online-march-2014-release-blog. Since you are using open shift, it would probably be best to just use the document root they provide you by using git to download/upload your files to your gear. You might review this page to help you get started: https://www.openshift.com/get-started