seLinux and Apache

I typically move my root directory for Apache and this can get complicated when seLinux is enforced but with a bit of knowledge this can be done without disabling seLinux.

display current state of seLinux:

getenforce

displays current permissions and seLinux settings for a directory (ex. ls -ldZ /var/www/html)

ls -ldZ [directory path]

Executing:

ls -ldZ /var/www/html

Results in:

drwxr-xr-x. root root system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 /var/www/html

Breaking this result down:
 system_u = user
 object_r = role
 httpd_sys_content_t = type
 s0 = level

So then, executing the following would adjust the seLinux settings on the desired directory:

chcon -R -u system_u -t httpd_sys_content_t [directory path]