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- shaughn2000@shaughn2000
shaughn2000 added a new discussion topic Change URL in the group General Discussion 1375 days ago

It appears with 3.3.14 the URL is located in the /var/www/html/elgg/elgg-config/php config files. If I want to change the URL is that the place to do it? I searched the database through metadata and config and there is no place for it there. I...
- Nikolai Shcherbin@rivervanrain
  
  Nikolai Shcherbin 1375 days ago
  Read about Duplicate installation and select the part where URL changes.
  TL;DR you should change in the elgg-config/settings.php
  $CONFIG->wwwroot = 'http://your.website.com/'
  
  and update webserver config.
  Then run upgrade.php
  That's all.
  I also noticed the db password is in clear text in the config file which concerns me.
  Don't worry about this - Elgg is very secure framework.
  Anyway, I suggest to set chmod 444 and chown localuser:localuser (where 'localuser' is second user after 'root' in your system) on elgg-config/settings.php after installation (not before).