Do I need to modify httpd.conf to get symfony to wor

Question

Can someone tell me is it necessary to modify httpd.conf to get symfony to work? I am following a tutorial which says I need to edit httpd.conf file but my provider does not give me access to that file.

from tutrial: http://www.symfony-project.org/cookbook/1%5F2/en/web%5Fserver

Alias

If you already have a website on a domain name, and if you wish that your symfony application can be accessed within this domain, then the virtual host solution cannot work. For instance, let's assume that you want to access our symfony application with:

To do that, open the httpd.conf and add the following lines:

Alias /myapp/
Alias /myapp/ /home/steve/myproject/web/
<Directory "/home/steve/myproject/web">
   AllowOverride All
   Allow from All
</Directory>

Answer 1

You can install symfony without access to http.conf. If your provider lets you choose the directory of the web root, choose yourapp/web directory. If the root directory is fixed, then make it a link to yourapp/web . If you want to have access to the images of the development bar (that normaly is not needed in production), then place a link in web/sf to lib/vendor/symfony/data/web/sf.