laravel the requested url was not found on this server

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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.

I had the exact same problem and the accepted answer didn't work for me, turns out I had forgotten to enable modrewrite. Some other answers cover all the bases. On Ubuntu you just `sudo a2enmod rewrite`, but my thing is on an Apple MacBook so I had to find and uncomment the modrewrite line in /etc/apache2/httpd.conf. — kaan_a, May 16 '19 at 15:14

lukasgeiter · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-30T18:47:21.197

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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)

edited Jan 30 '15 at 18:47

answered Jan 30 '15 at 18:41

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Alright, it worked. Just needed an `service apache2 restart` too. Thanks a lot :) – user1012181 Jan 30 '15 at 18:45
where .htacces i can find? Sorry for stupid question, but i can't find :) – MilanNz Mar 11 '15 at 12:30
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@MilanNz The `.htaccess` can be found in the `public` directory of your application. However the code from this answer goes inside a vhost file. The location of that depends on your server. (e.g. for apache2 and unix it's usually at `/etc/apache2/sites-available`) – lukasgeiter Mar 11 '15 at 12:32
The FollowSymLinks seemed to be key for me. – MattCochrane Jan 22 '16 at 07:44
Whether we have to add that inside or outside of it ? – dinesh kandpal Sep 12 '17 at 19:38
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Run `sudo a2enmod rewrite` to enable mod_rewrite – andromeda Oct 04 '18 at 06:57
Adding this to my vhosts in apache2 gives me error `Job for apache2.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status apache2.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. ` and the error message inside says it cannot restart apache – divHelper11 Aug 05 '19 at 11:27
@divHelper11 u probably adding it without the `` tag. U have to paste it inside your `` Tags (Just like a nested HTML Element). – Back2Lobby May 17 '21 at 05:26

score 135 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 12 '19 at 19:43

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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

edited Jan 12 '19 at 19:43

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answered Jan 11 '18 at 00:02

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I am getting 500 Internal Server Error after that. – Takasur Oct 10 '18 at 07:44
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Thanks, it worked for me too, in 2019. What does it mean though? – chuck Feb 27 '19 at 14:49
@chuck The AllowOverride directive specifies, in categories, which guidelines will be accepted if found in an .htaccess file. – Lucas Coelho Feb 28 '19 at 16:07
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For some reasons, other commands to activate the rewrite didn't work, but this one did. Thank you. – George Jun 03 '19 at 19:31
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Thank you soooo much my friend!!! I really appreciate your answer! You helped me a lot! Thank you! – Combine Oct 15 '19 at 09:42
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Yes. Its worked for me. I used it for my Laravel project. – Chandan Sharma Jan 27 '20 at 14:13
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Ubuntu 18.04, June 2020, Fixed the issue, thanks a lot! – Mark Kazakov Jun 04 '20 at 06:06
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Worked perfectly fine. Not seems to be fixed on Ubuntu 20.04 AMI (AWS) – MR_AMDEV Mar 11 '21 at 21:50
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It worked for me in 2022 using Apache and GCP on Debian 9, thanks – Fernando Torres Aug 18 '22 at 06:39
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It worked for me in 2023 using ubuntu Apache – mujaffars Apr 18 '23 at 14:01
Still works on Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS. Date: 20230811 – Dlaw Aug 11 '23 at 09:02

score 29 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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First enable a2enmod rewrite next restart the apache

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

click here for answer these question

edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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answered Oct 17 '15 at 08:29

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Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, [it would be preferable](//meta.stackoverflow.com/q/8259) to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference. – Rohit Gupta Oct 17 '15 at 08:49
@rohit i unable to update the answer here,click the above link you will find answer – Mathesh Raj Oct 17 '15 at 09:58

score 12 · Answer 4 · answered May 14 '19 at 07:59

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

score 8 · Answer 5 · answered May 28 '20 at 21:37

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.

You're answer is also good to resolve this. all we need to do is AllowOverride all — PriyankMotivaras, Jan 17 '21 at 19:44

croppio.com · Answer 6 · 2019-02-19T13:19:26.617

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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

edited Feb 19 '19 at 13:19

answered Feb 19 '19 at 13:11

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Masum billah · Answer 7 · 2017-10-16T17:58:12.150

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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

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answered Oct 16 '17 at 17:52

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Oct 18 '17 at 11:06

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too late.. but for the benefit you can edit your .htaccess file comment this line

  #  RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

answered Oct 18 '17 at 11:06

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Dec 19 '17 at 00:57

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Make sure you have mod_rewrite enabled.

restart apache

and clear cookies of your browser for read again at .htaccess

answered Dec 19 '17 at 00:57

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Apr 05 '23 at 01:52

I faced similar issue on my local machine (Windows 11), after few hours, I found that most of the applications now redirecting to HTTPS, and XAMPP has different configuration for secure virtualhost, after creating secure virtual host similar to non-ssl one, I solved this issue.

score -1 · Answer 11 · answered Feb 24 '21 at 12:43

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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]

answered Feb 24 '21 at 12:43

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score -1 · Answer 12 · answered Aug 22 '21 at 04:39

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>

score -1 · Answer 13 · answered Sep 21 '22 at 05:15

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.

score -1 · Answer 14 · answered Mar 06 '23 at 16:49

For ubuntu!

You need to edit this file: nano /etc/apache2/conf-available/apache2.conf

Change this:

<Directory /var/www/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Require all granted
</Directory>

to:

<Directory /var/www/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
</Directory>

Then just: sudo systemctl reload apache2

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