Craft3 - Getting rid of /web in my URL

Question

I am very new to craft. installed craft3 very long ago, as a beginner, and trying to solve a long-lasted-issue with my url.

my goal:

• Change my base url from www.mywebsite.com/web to www.mywebsite.com

• At the moment www.mywebsite.com shows 403 forbidden error.

My directory structure looks as below. As you can see, I installed craft only under public_html/mywebsite.com. I cannot move the files in /mywebsite.com into /public_html folder.

I researched and tried to follow this article however quiet unsure with the different folder structure I have. Just in case I moved index.html file to the /mywebsite.com root, and at least forbidden error was gone while only blanc page was loaded. I had the feeling that I could do something with index.php file to redefine('CRAFT_BASE_PATH', dirname(__DIR__));. However also not sure what to write..

Thanks a lot for your help in advance!

Answer 1

This knowledge base article on moving Craft’s files below the webroot should help you.

Answer 2

The easiest way to do this would be to change the domains root directory from ../public_html to ../public_html/web, so that only the "web" directory is accessible from outside. This is also recommendable from a security standpoint.