XAMPP/Apache Subdirectory config not working for homepage

13robin37 commented 1 year ago

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Describe the Scenario

Sadly I am unable to get the subdirectory config for the homepage to work. BookStack works just fine in all aspects except the homepage which isn't rendered properly (error 404).

When I try to access subpages, books, settings, etc. everything is working as expected. When I try to access https://domain/bookstack it displays "page" not found. When I access https://domain/bookstack/index.php directly the desired homepage is displayed. I've played with the homepage settings under customization without any effect (displaying shelves, custom page, books as the homepage).

APP_URL is set to https://domain/bookstack

Current subdir config within the httpd-ssl.conf (from https://www.bookstackapp.com/docs/admin/subdirectory-setup/):

# BookStack Configuration
    Alias "/bookstack" "D:/xampp/webdir/bookstack/public"
    <Directory "D:/xampp/webdir/bookstack/public">
        Options FollowSymlinks
        AllowOverride none
        Require all granted

        RewriteEngine On
        # Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
        RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]

        # Handle Front Controller...
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
        RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
    </Directory>

    <Directory "D:/xampp/webdir/bookstack/">
        AllowOverride None
        Require all denied
    </Directory>
    # End BookStack Configuration

I have other applications under D:/xampp/htdocs/ so I moved it to another path to avoid some mixup with .htaccess directives.

Current .htaccess under D:/xampp/webdir/bookstack/public (even tested adding a RewriteRule there, otherwise stock):

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
        Options -MultiViews -Indexes
    </IfModule>

    RewriteEngine On
    #Subdirectory Test
    #RewriteBase /bookstack

    # Handle Authorization Header
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

    # Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)/$
    RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]

    # Send Requests To Front Controller...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>

Tested with APP_DEBUG=true as well but BookStack doesn't throw any errors so I think this is based on some config error on my side. Other hosted apps work just fine, I even run other apps in Directories which don't have any issues. Any idea?

Exact BookStack Version

v23.08.2

Log Content

access.log: "GET /bookstack/ HTTP/2.0" 404 7372

error.log with LogLevel alert rewrite:trace6:

[perdir D:/xampp/webdir/bookstack/public/] strip per-dir prefix: D:/xampp/webdir/bookstack/public/ -> , referer: https://domain/bookstack/
[perdir D:/xampp/webdir/bookstack/public/] applying pattern '^(.*)/$' to uri '', referer: https://domain/bookstack/
[perdir D:/xampp/webdir/bookstack/public/] strip per-dir prefix: D:/xampp/webdir/bookstack/public/ -> , referer: https://domain/bookstack/
[perdir D:/xampp/webdir/bookstack/public/] applying pattern '^' to uri '', referer: https://domain/bookstack/
[perdir D:/xampp/webdir/bookstack/public/] RewriteCond: input='D:/xampp/webdir/bookstack/public/' pattern='!-d' => not-matched, referer: https://domain/bookstack/
[perdir D:/xampp/webdir/bookstack/public/] pass through D:/xampp/webdir/bookstack/public/, referer: https://domain/bookstack/
[perdir D:/xampp/webdir/bookstack/public/] strip per-dir prefix: D:/xampp/webdir/bookstack/public/index.php -> index.php, referer: https://domain/bookstack/
[perdir D:/xampp/webdir/bookstack/public/] applying pattern '^' to uri 'index.php', referer: https://domain/bookstack/
[perdir D:/xampp/webdir/bookstack/public/] RewriteCond: input='D:/xampp/webdir/bookstack/public/index.php' pattern='!-d' => matched, referer: https://domain/bookstack/
[perdir D:/xampp/webdir/bookstack/public/] RewriteCond: input='D:/xampp/webdir/bookstack/public/index.php' pattern='!-f' => not-matched, referer: https://domain/bookstack/
[perdir D:/xampp/webdir/bookstack/public/] pass through D:/xampp/webdir/bookstack/public/index.php, referer: https://domain/bookstack/

Hosting Environment

Windows with XAMPP. Apache/2.4.56 (Win64) OpenSSL/1.1.1t PHP/8.1.17

ssddanbrown commented 1 year ago

Hi @13robin37, Just tested subdirectory usage on a Windows 10 VM and XAMPP, and all worked fine and as expected.

Full VirtualHost Config Used

```apache ServerName bs.test DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/static" # BookStack Configuration Alias "/bookstack" "C:/xampp/webdir/bookstack/public" Options FollowSymlinks AllowOverride None Require all granted RewriteEngine On # Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder... RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301] # Handle Front Controller... RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^ index.php [L] AllowOverride None Require all denied # End BookStack Configuration ErrorLog error.log CustomLog access.log combined ```

I thought maybe your issue could be the trailing slash on the second directory block, but I wasn't able to replicate your issue via adding that to my config.

What else is in the same configuration block for this virtualhost? Just wondering if there's other configuration at play that's interfering with the BookStack homepage path.
In the default web root folder, for the domain/hostname, make sure there's no bookstack folder left there that could be interfering.

13robin37 commented 1 year ago

Yea, basically same config as I have used.

Regarding config block, I have multiple aliases under that same domain which all work fine. No folders under xampp/htdocs as well.

As I plan to migrate this to a container environment in the near future anyway, that problem should be solved then.

For now I've set Redirectmatch 301 ^/bookstack/$ https://domain/bookstack/index.php to fix this the dirty way. Let's close this for now, most likely an issue with the vhost config at some point but I don't want to waste your time on that. Thank you for your help!

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