404 Not Found Error when trying to access localhost on local LAMP server

Question

I\'m running Ubuntu. My Apache2 default file looks like this:

        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

        DocumentRoot /var/www         


        

Answer 1

Exactly the same problem with me.

Following worked for me :

As Andreas Jansson mentioned, symlink default to:

sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/default /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/default

and restarted apache2:

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

and then it works:

http://localhost/

Answer 2

Do you have the PHP module installed and enabled? Because, normally, it would mention that in the server signature, but yours doesn't. That would also explain why the server doesn't recognize that index.php is what you mean by /.

Try

sudo a2enmod php5

Answer 3

Have a look in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled. It seems like my upgrade to 10.10 has wiped the symlinks from that directory. Try symlinking default to /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/default /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/default

Answer 4

Check out error log (tail /var/log/apache2/error.log) in order to find out exact path that Apache tries to find.

Answer 5

Use the url localhost/info.php. File info.php must contain <?php phpinfo(); ?>