[apache] laravel the requested url was not found on this server

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.

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

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 

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]

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

  #  RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

Make sure you have mod_rewrite enabled.

restart apache

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

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

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

First enable a2enmod rewrite next restart the apache

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

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For Ubunutu 18.04 inside a vagrant box ... This is what helped me

1. Ensure www-data has permissions to the .htaccess file

     
       sudo chown www-data.www-data .htaccess
     
   

2. edit the apache2 conf to allow for symlinks etc

     
       sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
     
   

   Add this to the file

<Directory /var/www/html/>_x000D_
  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks_x000D_
  AllowOverride all_x000D_
  Require all granted_x000D_
</Directory>

3. Restart your apache2 server

   sudo service apache2 restart

I hope this helps someone.