DocumentRoot

DocumentRoot 

Description:	Directory that forms the main document tree visible from the web
Syntax:	DocumentRoot directory-path
Default:	DocumentRoot /usr/local/apache/htdocs
Context:	server config, virtual host
Status:	Core
Module:	core

This directive sets the directory from which httpd will serve files. Unless matched by a directive like Alias, the server appends the path from the requested URL to the document root to make the path to the document. Example:

DocumentRoot "/usr/web"

then an access to http://my.example.com/index.html refers to /usr/web/index.html. If the directory-path is not absolute then it is assumed to be relative to the ServerRoot.

The DocumentRoot should be specified without a trailing slash.