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How to set and use direct files folder path in a multisite installation

Drupal 8 multisite install where

  1. First site is on a subdomain one.example.com
  2. Second site is in a subfolder one.example.com/two

How can files folder for both sites to be accessible via URL/files and not URL/sites/domain/files

  • current: one.example.com/sites/one.example.com/files
  • desired: one.example.com/files
  • current: one.example.com/two/sites/two/files
  • desired: one.example.com/two/files

I tried several variants listed here https://www.drupal.org/node/53705 and put them at following locations, but nothing worked.

  1. Drupal8/.htaccess
  2. Drupal8/files/.htaccess
  3. Drupal8/sites/two/files/.htaccess

Setup information is provided below

Filesystem setup

--Drupal8   --index.php   --one.example.com (sym link ln -s . one.example.com)   --two (sym link ln -s . two) Not required in D8, but could not get the subfolder site to work without it.   --sites     --default (sym links to one.example.com)     --one.example.com       --settings.php, services.yml       --files, modules,etc     --two       --settings.php, services.yml       --files, modules,etc

Sites.php

$sites = []; $sites['one.example.com'] = 'one.example.com'; $sites['one.example.com.two'] = 'two';

Apache setup : One virtual host for one.example.com

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