From: Thomas Windscheif <redacted>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 19:52:43 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Update subdirectory-setup.md
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Update subdirectory-setup.md

add tip for NOT pointing DocumentRoot to BookStack folder in Apache configuration
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diff --git a/content/docs/admin/subdirectory-setup.md b/content/docs/admin/subdirectory-setup.md
index cd5afc3..2ee08f4 100644
--- a/content/docs/admin/subdirectory-setup.md
+++ b/content/docs/admin/subdirectory-setup.md
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ The next step is to alter your Apache configuration to serve any requests to you
 
 Within the `<VirtualHost>` tags of this file you'll need to add the below additional configuration. Note, the `<VirtualHost>` tags should already exist and the `...` parts represent existing rules. You should only need to copy the middle section:
 
+> [!TIP]
+> Make sure that DocumentRoot does not point to the path where you installed BookStack in.
+> This is the case, if you used the install script.
+> You may comment out DocumentRoot, create a new folder and define a path like /var/www/other-site
+
 ```apache
 <VirtualHost *:80>
 
@@ -146,4 +151,4 @@ Once done save your config files. You can often test your Nginx config is valid
 sudo systemctl restart nginx.service
 ```
 
-Follow the above [BookStack Setup](#bookstack-setup) to add your new URL to your BookStack configuration. Once done you should be able to access your BookStack instance at your desired sub-path.
\ No newline at end of file
+Follow the above [BookStack Setup](#bookstack-setup) to add your new URL to your BookStack configuration. Once done you should be able to access your BookStack instance at your desired sub-path.