[solved] /contao/install returns 404 error under local installation in Ubuntu 20.04.

Hi everyone,

I want to install a dev environment on my Ubuntu 20.04 desktop. I've activated Apache2, php 7.4.3 and MySQL from official Ubuntu repos.

I've created a first vhost to test Contao installation.
1st. I must chmod 775 -R on my vhost directory for composer installation to work.
2nd. Some composer dependencies asked for php > 7.4.7. I had to add a ppa to update to 7.4.30.
2nd. At the end of installation, when clicking on "Update database", I got a 404 error : "url not found".

What's wrong with my installation ?

Thanks for help.

Contao provides an .htaccess file in the document root which directs all requests to the index.php. In order for Apache to process .htaccess files you need the directive AllowOverride All in your VirtualHost. May be that is still missing?

Hi Spooky,

Thanks for your answer.

I just tried an install from scratch (Contao 4.9). But still the same error 404 when trying to reach myvhost/contao/install for updating database.

If I compare with a fresh installation on my shared hosting, in /myvhosts/ :
- the .htaccess is well in /var/vhosts/myvhost/web/
- all directories and files created by contao-manager are owner:www-data (read write), group:www-data(access to files) other(acces to files) unless the /web directory I have created.
- /config and /config/parameters.yml are missing.

It seems like the installation didn't finish...

No, everything is correct, that file will be created once you enter the database credentials in the Install Tool.

Did you make sure that AllowOverride All is enabled for your VirtualHost?

Yes, AllowOverride All is enabled.

Here is my vhost conf file :

Code:

---

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerAdmin jltest@free.fr
  DocumentRoot "/var/vhosts/terea.test/web"
  ServerName terea.test
  ServerAlias www.terea.test
  <Directory "/var/vhosts/terea.test">
    Options -Indexes +FollowSymlinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
  </Directory>
  ErrorLog "/var/log/apache2/error.terea.test.log"
  CustomLog "/var/log/apache2/access.terea.test.log" combined
</VirtualHost>

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Did you enable mod_rewrite and mod_alias in Apache?

That's it ! mod_rewrite wasn't enabled. Thanks for your help.