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:doc:`/cookbook/configuration/override_dir_structure` for more

information.

All public files and the front controller that handles incoming requests in

a Symfony2 application live in the ``Symfony/web/`` directory. So, assuming

you unpacked the archive into your web server's or virtual host's document root,

your application's URLs will start with ``http://localhost/Symfony/web/``.

To get nice and short URLs you should point the document root of your web

server or virtual host to the ``Symfony/web/`` directory. Though this is not

required for development it is recommended when your application goes into

production as all system and configuration files become inaccessible to clients.

For information on configuring your specific web server document root, see

the following documentation: `Apache`_ | `Nginx`_ .

..note::

The following examples assume you don't touch the document root settings

so all URLs start with ``http://localhost/Symfony/web/``

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