[apache] client denied by server configuration

I try to setup kohana 3 project as virtual host.

Config:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  DocumentRoot "D:/Devel/matysart/matysart_dev1"
  ServerName matysart-one.local
  ServerAlias www.matysart-one.local
  DirectoryIndex index.php
</VirtualHost>

Error (403):

[client 127.0.0.1] client denied by server configuration: D:/Devel/matysart/matysart_dev1/

Could somebody help?

in my case,

i'm using macOS Mojave (Apache/2.4.34). There was an issue in virtual host settings at /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf file. after adding the required directory tag my problem was gone.

Require all granted

Hope the full virtual host setup structure will save you.

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "/Users/vagabond/Sites/MainProjectFolderName/public/"
    ServerName project.loc

    <Directory /Users/vagabond/Sites/MainProjectFolderName/public/>
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog "/Users/vagabond/Sites/logs/MainProjectFolderName.loc-error_log"
    CustomLog "/Users/vagabond/Sites/logs/MainProjectFolderName.loc-access_log" common
</VirtualHost>

all you've to do replace the MainProjectFolderName with your exact ProjectFolderName.

This has happened to me several times migrating from Apache 2.2.

What I have found is that there is an Order,Deny that I missed with VIM's Search feature somehow that is the default main Vhost, line 379. Hope this helps someone. I commented out the Order Deny,Allow and Deny from All and it worked!

I have servers with proper lists of hosts and IPs. None of that allow all stuff. My fix was to put the hostname of my new workstation into the list. So the advise is:

Make sure the computer you're using is ACTUALLY on the list of allowed IPs. Look at IPs from logmessages, resolve names, check ifconfig / ipconfig etc.

*Google sent me due to the error-message.

The error "client denied by server configuration" generally means that somewhere in your configuration are Allow from and Deny from directives that are preventing access. Read the mod_authz_host documentation for more details.

You should be able to solve this in your VirtualHost by adding something like:

<Location />
  Allow from all
  Order Deny,Allow
</Location>

Or alternatively with a Directory directive:

<Directory "D:/Devel/matysart/matysart_dev1">
  Allow from all
  Order Deny,Allow
</Directory>

Some investigation of your Apache configuration files will probably turn up default restrictions on the default DocumentRoot.

For me the following worked which is copied from example in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf:

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

Require all granted option is the solution for the first problem example in wiki.apache.org page dedicated for this issue for Apache version 2.4+.

More details about Require option can be found on official apache page for mod_authz module and on this page too. Namely:

Require all granted -> Access is allowed unconditionally.

this worked for me..

<Location />
 Allow from all
 Order Deny,Allow
</Location>

I have included this code in my /etc/apache2/apache2.conf