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title: "Can I serve my Web Client Hosting app from the root of my domain, without /app/ in the URL?"
url: https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/faq/cloud-scale/web-client-hosting-without-app-path/
description: "Not directly: Catalyst CloudScale Web Client Hosting serves your web client under the /app/ path, also on a mapped custom domain. To serve it from the root, …"
last_updated: 2026-11-13T05:00:22Z
service: CloudScale
type: faq
---

Not directly: Catalyst CloudScale Web Client Hosting serves your web client under the `/app/` path, also on a mapped custom domain. To serve it from the root, including files such as `robots.txt` or a sitemap, route requests through Catalyst CloudScale API Gateway:

1. Plan first: when you enable API Gateway, Security Rules are disabled and all your function and web client URLs are inaccessible until you create APIs for them. API Gateway is a paid component.
2. Open **CloudScale** → **API Gateway** (under **Security & Identity**), click **Enable Now**, then **Proceed**.
3. Create APIs for all your functions. Auto-create is available only until you create your first API.
4. Click **Create API**, select **GET**, enter the request URL `/{path:(.*)}`, select the web client as the target, append `{path}` to its target URL `/app/`, and click **Create**.
5. Test the default application URL and your custom domain.

Alternatively, host the site on Catalyst Slate, Catalyst's frontend hosting service.

Refer to the [API Gateway Key Concepts help page](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/cloud-scale/help/api-gateway/key-concepts/) and the [Web Client Hosting Introduction help page](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/cloud-scale/help/web-client-hosting/introduction/) for details.