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Asked: 2026-06-12T08:50:49+00:00

I am trying to move my configuration folder to my debian server and store

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I am trying to move my configuration folder to my debian server and store it in a place which seems the most sensible and logical. I was dumping everything in home but now it looks like this:

Software: /opt/
Web Files: /var/www

However, I have to move my software configuration folder to a location on the server so they can then be symlinked to the right location. Which of these seems the most location place to do this:

/home/configs
/var/cfgs
Or another?

Sorry if this seems pedantic, but you know what they say, there is a place for everything and everything in its place 😉

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  1. Editorial Team

    i’d suggest using /etc, which is the place to put host-specific, system-wide configurations, according to the FHS.

    this assumes that the config is for server-applications (and not applications run by human users).

    e.g. i’m running multiple instances of zope, which has configuration files in

    /etc/zope/instanceA/
/etc/zope/instanceB/
/etc/zope/test/
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