VPS ubuntu apache server - web page - php

Question

I bought a VPS server, where I installed apache, mysql, php and phpmyadmin. I created database (like in my local project).
So, now I want to migrate a local project to my server and please, tell me I am right:
Files .php has to be in folder var/www on my apache server? (here is index.html too) and from this folder connect with database?
I have to download NPM on ubuntu
I have to download GIT on ubuntu
Download repo from my github where I've got whole code (webpack dist files, node modules, src and whole config) to /var/www catalog
index.html has to be in top-level directory (just in var/www not for example var/www/src
Please help me and tell if I am thinking right.

Answer 1

Files .php has to be in folder var/www on my apache server? (here is index.html too) and from this folder connect with database?
It depends on what you set in /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf. I assume that you installed with default configuration from apt-get.
index.html has to be in top-level directory (just in var/www not for example var/www/src
If for example your source codes are in /var/www/src instead of /var/www, the just modify the 000-default.conf. Example:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost
ServerName your_domain_name.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/src/
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Options -Indexes
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/src>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
Options -Indexes
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/your_log_file.log
LogLevel warn
CustomLog /var/log/your_access_log_file.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Restart Apache and try open in your browser to see if it works.
As for the database, since you have phpmyadmin, just export the sql data from your local machine and import it into the VPS phpmyadmin.