Laravel and Apache2: 403 Forbidden

I am trying to deploy my Laravel app in apache2 locally, however when trying to browse to 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.

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2 Answers

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?

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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

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