The requested URL /pub/ was not found on this server. - Magento .htaccess problem

Question

I have an problem about magento 2.4.2 Installed magento 2.4.2 using Composer-CLI. But I can't access magento homepage (http://localhost:8888/magento2)

The requested URL /pub/ was not found on this server.

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My .htaccess file

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/pub/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/setup/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/update/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/dev/
RewriteRule .* /pub/0ドル [L]
DirectoryIndex index.php

Changed .htaccess file

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/pub/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/setup/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/update/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/dev/
RewriteRule .* pub/0ドル [L]
DirectoryIndex index.php

If I change the RewriteRule from .* /pub/0ドル [L] to .* pub/0ドル [L] , i can see magento home page with some errors.

The page you requested was not found, and we have a fine guess why. If you typed the URL directly, please make sure the spelling is correct. If you clicked on a link to get here, the link is outdated.

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How can solve this problem?

• Amit Saini: Change your webroot to the "pub" directory in the apache config file.
• Msquare: @AmitSaini How to do ? Please show here or post your answer.
• Amit Saini: @Said Setup apache document root like this devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.4/install-gde/tutorials/…
• zuber bandi: Using RewriteRule .* pub/0ドル [L] instead of RewriteRule .* /pub/0ドル [L] worked for me... Home page is getting loaded properly but all inner pages are throwing error like 404

Answer 1

I think your problem is already known issue when using 2.4.2 for the first time and with a setup that doesn't point to /pub folder (the webserver doesn't know that it has to serve the requests from the /pub folder)

I suggest you create a virtual host dedicated solely to your magento 2.4.2 instance:

1. enter/ create the Apache config by running vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
2. update the 'DocumentRoot' directive to point to 'pub' folder (note that you need to replace '/var/www/html/magento2ce' with the path to your magento installation):

<VirtualHost *:80>
 ServerName magento.local
 ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
 DocumentRoot /var/www/html/magento2ce/pub
 ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
 CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
 <Directory "/var/www/html">
 AllowOverride all
 </Directory>
 </VirtualHost>

3.a. if you didn't have the virtual host, then run sudo a2ensite 000-default.conf, otherwise, skip this step.

3.b. restart Apache by running systemctl restart apache2 command

3.c. if you didnt have the virtual host before, then add the new website to your hosts vim /etc/hosts and add the line 127.0.0.1 magento.local inside it

4. update the magento base URL - I see you appended a directory name to your server’s hostname when you installed Magento (http://localhost:8888/magento2), you’ll need to remove it and change it to the virtual host name. This can be achieved by logging into the database and running the command:

UPDATE core_config_data SET value='http://magento.local/' WHERE path='web/unsecure/base_url';
UPDATE core_config_data SET value='http://magento.local/' WHERE path='web/secure/base_url';

5. make sure you are serving the requests from the 'pub' folder by checking the 'env.php' file, it should contain the following piece:

'directories' => [
 'document_root_is_pub' => true
]

_{Source: the documentation https://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.4/install-gde/tutorials/change-docroot-to-pub.html.}

• Msquare: Please give solution not link
• Diana: I updated my answer, but surely if someones checks the link will find the same steps.
• Msquare: I install in to my local pc and there are so many magento installed, so how to manage multiple magento setup with magento 2.4.2
• Diana: for the m2.4.2 install you will have to have a dedicated virtual host
• Msquare: i am not understanding what you say. please explain bit more.

Answer 2

You can create a Virtual Hosts following this instruction: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-apache-virtual-hosts-on-ubuntu-18-04-quickstart