Error 404

[PrieserMax]

Hello,

I hope I'm right here.

I have today setup yourLS and (hopefully) configured correctly and also created the .htaccess file with the following content according to the tutorial:

# BEGIN YOURLS
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^.*$ /yourls-loader.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END YOURLS

My Config:

<?php
/* This is a sample config file.
 * Edit this file with your own settings and save it as "config.php"
 *
 * IMPORTANT: edit and save this file as plain ASCII text, using a text editor, for instance TextEdit on Mac OS or
 * Notepad on Windows. Make sure there is no character before the opening <?php at the beginning of this file.
 */

/*
 ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host
 */

/** MySQL database username */
define( 'YOURLS_DB_USER', 'yourlsXXXX' );

/** MySQL database password */
define( 'YOURLS_DB_PASS', 'MyPassword' );

/** The name of the database for YOURLS
 ** Use lower case letters [a-z], digits [0-9] and underscores [_] only */
define( 'YOURLS_DB_NAME', 'dbMyDBName' );

/** MySQL hostname.
 ** If using a non standard port, specify it like 'hostname:port', e.g. 'localhost:9999' or '127.0.0.1:666' */
define( 'YOURLS_DB_HOST', 'MyHostersDomainForDBs' );

/** MySQL tables prefix
 ** YOURLS will create tables using this prefix (eg `yourls_url`, `yourls_options`, ...)
 ** Use lower case letters [a-z], digits [0-9] and underscores [_] only */
define( 'YOURLS_DB_PREFIX', 'yourls_' );

/*
 ** Site options
 */

/** YOURLS installation URL
 ** All lowercase, no trailing slash at the end.
 ** If you define it to "http://sho.rt", don't use "http://www.sho.rt" in your browser (and vice-versa)
 ** To use an IDN domain (eg http://héhé.com), write its ascii form here (eg http://xn--hh-bjab.com) */
define( 'YOURLS_SITE', 'https://MyDomain.xy' );

/** YOURLS language
 ** Change this setting to use a translation file for your language, instead of the default English.
 ** That translation file (a .mo file) must be installed in the user/language directory.
 ** See http://yourls.org/translations for more information */
define( 'YOURLS_LANG', 'de_DE' );

/** Allow multiple short URLs for a same long URL
 ** Set to true to have only one pair of shortURL/longURL (default YOURLS behavior)
 ** Set to false to allow multiple short URLs pointing to the same long URL (bit.ly behavior) */
define( 'YOURLS_UNIQUE_URLS', false );

/** Private means the Admin area will be protected with login/pass as defined below.
 ** Set to false for public usage (eg on a restricted intranet or for test setups)
 ** Read http://yourls.org/privatepublic for more details if you're unsure */
define( 'YOURLS_PRIVATE', false );

/** A random secret hash used to encrypt cookies. You don't have to remember it, make it long and complicated
 ** Hint: copy from http://yourls.org/cookie */
define( 'YOURLS_COOKIEKEY', 'CodeFromUpperProvidedUrl' );

/** Username(s) and password(s) allowed to access the site. Passwords either in plain text or as encrypted hashes
 ** YOURLS will auto encrypt plain text passwords in this file
 ** Read http://yourls.org/userpassword for more information */
$yourls_user_passwords = [
	'admin' => 'phpass:XXXYYYZZZ /* Password encrypted by YOURLS */ ,
	// 'username2' => 'password2',
	// You can have one or more 'login'=>'password' lines
];

/** URL shortening method: either 36 or 62
 ** 36: generates all lowercase keywords (ie: 13jkm)
 ** 62: generates mixed case keywords (ie: 13jKm or 13JKm) 
 ** For more information, see https://yourls.org/urlconvert */
define( 'YOURLS_URL_CONVERT', 36 );

/** Debug mode to output some internal information
 ** Default is false for live site. Enable when coding or before submitting a new issue */
define( 'YOURLS_DEBUG', true );

/**
* Reserved keywords (so that generated URLs won't match them)
* Define here negative, unwanted or potentially misleading keywords.
*/
$yourls_reserved_URL = [
	'Don'tWantToMentionHere'
];

/*
 ** Personal settings would go after here.
 */

I can also access the secured admin interface and created the public interface.

The website is also correctly configured with TLS/SSL.
My PHP-version selected on the hoster is 8.0, the MySQL version is 7.4. the yourLS version is the newest, 1.8.2 (the hoster is a german hoster "Strato").

The problem I have at the moment is that I can create yourLS short links, but I can't access them.
They also show up inside the database and the admin interface, but can't get accessed. I get the standard 404 error when trying to open them (404 Not Found The requested URL was not found on this server.)

What else could it be?

Greeting from South-Germany

Max

[dgw]

My first step would be to make sure (via documentation or by contacting the helpdesk) that the host 0) actually uses the Apache server, 1) allows .htaccess files, 2) has enabled the required mod_rewrite.c module, and 3) allows said module to be invoked inside .htaccess files. Beyond that, please check your server logs as suggested in our dedicated wiki page about 404 errors and follow the troubleshooting steps as much as you can.

This is a fairly common issue, and it's quite likely you can find someone else who even experienced it on the same webhost you use.

[PrieserMax]

Hey, I appreciate your help.
I found out the source of the problem, it was me.
I didn't know, I would have to enter http:// / https:// in front of the URL.

But thank you for your help.

(BTW. I tried the troubleshooting steps, but it didn't work, because I'm dumb xD)

[tkredbaron]

hey,
i´m not be able to solve my problem.
i install in a subdirectory and today the first day some call and told its not working. i look in logfile and found:

AH01276: Cannot serve directory /var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/httpdocs/review/: No matching DirectoryIndex (index.html,index.cgi,index.pl,index.php,index.xhtml,index.htm,index.shtml) found, and server-generated directory index forbidden by Options directive

client has windows edge browser and nokia XR20 mobile.

.htaccess

BEGIN YOURLS

RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /review/ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^.*$ /review/yourls-loader.php [L] # END YOURLS

yourls running under mydomain.com/review/
why error shows 'mydomain.com/httpdocs/review/'

kindly regards

tobi