aaPanel PHP website

1. Create site

Website → Add site

2. Upload / Git

Put the project in the site root so these exist:

• index.php
• .htaccess
• content/
• assets/
• lib/
• templates/

3. Apache rewrite

Enable rewrite for the site. The bundled .htaccess routes all requests to index.php.

4. Permissions

chown -R www:www /www/wwwroot/walterjandoc

5. SSL

Issue a certificate for doc.walterdevos.be in the site SSL tab.

No Node, no PM2, no Mapping, no reverse proxy.

6. Auto-deploy from GitHub (webhook)

aaPanel Git Manager can expose a deploy hook. On each push to main, GitHub Actions calls that hook so the server runs git pull.

1. In aaPanel site → Git Manager, copy the webhook URL (includes access_key + site_id).
2. On GitHub: repo → Settings → Secrets and variables → Actions
3. New secret name: AAPANEL_DEPLOY_WEBHOOK
4. Value: the full webhook URL (keep it private — never commit it)

Workflow file: .github/workflows/deploy.yml

Treat the access key like a password. If it was pasted in chat or committed, regenerate it in aaPanel and update the secret.