Laravel and apache2: 403 forbidden

Question

I am trying to deploy my Laravel app in apache2 locally, however when trying to browse to http://myapp.localhost.com/ I am getting the following error:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access / on this server.

Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu) Server at myapp.localhost.com Port 80

I created myapp.conf in /etc/apache2/sites-available to set up the virtual host:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName myapp.localhost.com
  DocumentRoot "/home/user/projects/myapp/public"
  <Directory "/home/user/projects/myapp/public">
    AllowOverride all
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

And created a symlink in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled (sudo ln -s ../sites-available/myapp.conf)

Also edited the /etc/hosts file and added:

127.0.0.1   myapp.localhost.com

Any clue why I am getting this error? I am also having the same problem when trying to deploy the application to heroku, which also uses apache2.

If needed PM me. I'll have a look to any questions you have. But your virtual host seems to be missing some options ;) — Rinzwind, Jan 16 '15 at 19:09

Rinzwind · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-16T19:06:32.640

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I am missing the

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI

in your myapp.conf. As of Apache-2.4 mod_authz_host is used and Require (example Require all granted) should be used.

By the way... this:

You don't have permission to access / on this server.

I remember from the apache as the default when using httpd.conf. Are you sure the sites-*/* are being used?

edited Jan 16 '15 at 19:06

answered Jan 16 '15 at 19:01

Rinzwind

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I added Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI and Require all granted and now it works. I am trying to access my application through my mobile phone (which is in the same network), however when browsing `myapp.localhost.com` I am not getting the page. How can I do this? – dabadaba Jan 16 '15 at 19:15
I would start by checking apache log and see if your mobile reaches your site. If it does not: router. If it does it will have a error notice. – Rinzwind Jan 16 '15 at 19:30
I am not sure what I should be looking at in the log to see what you're saying. I can see a line in the `access.log` that some lines go like this `192.168.1.135 - - [16/Jan/2015:20:14:54 +0100] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404 502 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 4.4.4; XT1032 Build/KXB21.14-L1.40) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/39.0.2171.93 Mobile Safari/537.36"` it says Android so it has tobe the phone – dabadaba Jan 16 '15 at 19:49
Yes it will be the phone. Means the problem is in the site itself probably and not in the network. – Rinzwind Jan 16 '15 at 19:59
how is the problem in the site? it works in my machine, why wouldn't it work in the phone? – dabadaba Jan 16 '15 at 20:09

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 05 '18 at 04:27

In your VirtualHost write the DocumentRoot to point to your Laravel Application in your home directories. In addition you must add the Directory shown below, with your own path.

<Directory /home/john/Laravel_Projects/links/public/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
        Require all granted
</Directory>

The second step, you must go to your Laravel Project and run the following command.

sudo chmod -R 777 storage bootstrap/cache

At the end restart your apache2:

sudo service apache2 restart

Never ever run this command with 777 permissions it's bad practice, Storage has sensitive file e.g oauth-private.key, oauth-public.key which a hacker can use to compromise the site. Instead run this command sudo chmod -R 775 storage bootstrap/cache — Nelson Katale, Jun 22 '22 at 15:35

Laravel and apache2: 403 forbidden

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