# Setting Up a Website

## Before You Begin

This guide assumes you have already correctly [configured OpenHTTPd](openhttpd/configure) and set up [[TLS](/openhttpd/tls).
This guide assumes you have already correctly [configured OpenHTTPd](openhttpd/configure) and set up [[TLS](/openhttpd/tls).

## Finding the Document Root

To set up a website, put files in your document root. You'll want to check `/etc/httpd.conf`. Here is a sample server block:

    server "example.com" {
    	listen on * tls port 443
    	tls {
    		certificate "/etc/ssl/example.com.fullchain.pem"
    		key "/etc/ssl/private/example.com.key"
    	}
    	location "/pub/*" {
    		directory auto index
    	}
    	location "/.well-known/acme-challenge/*" {
    		root "/acme"
    		request strip 2
    	}
    }


In this example, the only document root in the configuration is for ACME verification, not for your website. Since the document root is not specified, OpenHTTPd defaults to `/htdocs`. Since OpenHTTPd runs in a [chroot](/chroot/intro) by default, this means your files should go in `/var/www/htdocs/`.

## Creating a Webpage

Create your own webpage by editing `/var/www/htdocs/index.html`.

Save this page, then load https://example.com/index.html in your web browser to view.

**NOTE**: Make sure to replace `example.com` with your actual hostname.

As practice, you can try setting up the following web sites:

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||# Name ||# Type ||

|| [pmwiki](/pmwiki/install) || wiki ||

|| [Dokuwiki](/Dokuwiki/install) || wiki ||

|| [CVSWeb](/Cvs.Cvsweb) || CVS Code Hosting ||

|| [Cgit](/Cgit/Install) || Git code hosting ||

|| [Gotweb](/Gotweb/Install) || Got code hosting ||

|| [Paster](/Paster.Install) || Pastebin ||

|| [Squirrelmail](/Squirrelmail/Install) || Webmail ||

|| [Wordpress](/Wordpress/Install) || Blog ||