laravel the requested url was not found on this server - apache

Question

I've an Ubuntu 14.04 kernel. I was installing my Laravel application in this server.
After installing, I tried to set the root directory to public.
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
I have only these options in the file
<VirtualHost *:80>
# The ServerName directive sets the request scheme, hostname and port t$
# the server uses to identify itself. This is used when creating
# redirection URLs. In the context of virtual hosts, the ServerName
# specifies what hostname must appear in the request's Host: header to
# match this virtual host. For the default virtual host (this file) this
# value is not decisive as it is used as a last resort host regardless.
# However, you must set it for any further virtual host explicitly.
#ServerName www.example.com
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/public/
# Available loglevels: trace8, ..., trace1, debug, info, notice, warn,
# error, crit, alert, emerg.
# It is also possible to configure the loglevel for particular
# modules, e.g.
#LogLevel info ssl:warn
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
# For most configuration files from conf-available/, which are
# enabled or disabled at a global level, it is possible to
# include a line for only one particular virtual host. For example the
# following line enables the CGI configuration for this host only
# after it has been globally disabled with "a2disconf".
#Include conf-available/serve-cgi-bin.conf
</VirtualHost>
# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet
I've changed the Document root to
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/public/
Now when I tried to access my Laravel App, through 123.xxx.xxx.xxx/ it shows the home page and working well. It gets all the GET variable too. Eg: 123.xxx.xxx.xxx?type=wefwef
But when I go to other links such as 123.xxx.xxx.xxx/login it gives me an error
Not Found
The requested URL /login/ was not found on this server.
Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu) Server at 104.236.234.85 Port 80
I have the routes.php working well on localhost. But not on this server. Please help me.

Answer 1

This looks like you have to enable .htaccess by adding this to your vhost:
<Directory /var/www/html/public/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
If that doesn't work, make sure you have mod_rewrite enabled.
Don't forget to restart apache after making the changes! (service apache2 restart)

Answer 2

I resolved by doing the following:
Check if there is a module called rewrite.load in your apache at:
cd /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/
If it does not exist execute the following excerpt:
sudo a2enmod rewrite
Otherwise, change the Apache configuration file to consolidate use of the "friendly URL".
sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
Find the following code inside the editor:
<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>
Change to:
<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
After that restart the Apache server via:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Answer 3

First enable a2enmod rewrite
next restart the apache
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
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Answer 4

Alternatively you could replace all the contents in your .htaccess file
Options +FollowSymLinks -Indexes
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
See the docs here.
https://laravel.com/docs/5.8/installation#web-server-configuration

Answer 5

For Ubunutu 18.04 inside a vagrant box ... This is what helped me
Ensure www-data has permissions to the .htaccess file
sudo chown www-data.www-data .htaccess
edit the apache2 conf to allow for symlinks etc
sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
Add this to the file
<Directory /var/www/html/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride all
Require all granted
</Directory>
Restart your apache2 server
sudo service apache2 restart
I hope this helps someone.

Answer 6

In addition to all the answers if you still encounter some variation of the problem, edit the .env file and set APP_URL to your domain name as in:
APP_URL=similar_to_my_avatar_link

Answer 7

In httpd.conf file you need to remove #
#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
after removing # line will look like this:
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
And Apache restart

Answer 8

too late.. but for the benefit
you can edit your .htaccess file
comment this line
# RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

Answer 9

Make sure you have mod_rewrite enabled.
restart apache
and clear cookies of your browser for read again at .htaccess

Answer 10

I have faced the same problem in cPanel and I fixed my problem to add in .htaccess file below these line
# Handle Front Controller...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

Answer 11

Add the following to .htaccess in public folder.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
<IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
Options -MultiViews -Indexes
</IfModule>
RewriteEngine On
# Handle Authorization Header
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
# Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)/$
RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]
# Handle Front Controller...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>

Answer 12

In current version of Apache in httpd.conf there are lines:
DocumentRoot "${SRVROOT}/htdocs"
<Directory "${SRVROOT}/htdocs">
...
</Directory>
instead of earlier here mentioned:
DocumentRoot /var/www/
<Directory /var/www/
...
</Directory>
It depends on your server's directory structure, but by default I guess it can look like this.
As was recommended, inside Directory tag I changed options like this:
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
by default it was AllowOverride none. It helped.
And of course LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so in the same file should be switched on.