Cannot serve directory /var/www/html/public/ [Laravel - Aws Elasticbeanstalk]

Question

I have been trying to deploy my Laravel project on a Elasticbeanstalk server, I keep getting this error:

Frontend error:

You don't have permission to access / on this server.

Error in the log file:

Cannot serve directory /var/www/html/public/: No matching DirectoryIndex (index.html,index.php) found, and server-generated
directory index forbidden by Options directive

I have place .htaccess and index.php in the root not in the public folder.

.htaccess

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

    RewriteEngine On

    # 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]

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

.ebextensions/01-main.config

container_commands:
  01-optimize:
    command: "/usr/bin/composer.phar dump-autoload --optimize"
  02-migrations:
    command: "php artisan migrate --env=production"
  03-cache:
    command: "php artisan cache:clear"
    cwd: "/var/app/ondeck"
  04-optimize:
    command: "php artisan optimize --force"
    cwd: "/var/app/ondeck"
  05-permissions:
    command: "chmod 777 -R /var/app/ondeck"
    cwd: "/var/app/ondeck"
files:
  "/opt/elasticbeanstalk/hooks/appdeploy/post/99_make_storage_writable.sh":
    mode: "000755"
    owner: root
    group: root
    content: |
      #!/usr/bin/env bash
      echo "Making /storage writeable..."
      chmod -R 777 /var/app/current/storage
      if [ ! -f /var/app/current/storage/logs/laravel.log ]; then
          echo "Creating /storage/logs/laravel.log..."
          touch /var/app/current/storage/logs/laravel.log
          chown webapp:webapp /var/app/current/storage/logs/laravel.log
      fi

      if [ ! -d /var/app/current/public/storage ]; then
          echo "Creating /public/storage symlink..."
          ln -s /var/app/current/storage/app/public /var/app/current/public/storage
      fi

  "/opt/elasticbeanstalk/tasks/publishlogs.d/laravel-logs.conf":
    mode: "000755"
    owner: root
    group: root
    content: |
      /var/app/current/storage/logs/*.log


  "/etc/httpd/conf.d/https_redirect.conf":
    mode: "000644"
    owner: root
    group: root
    content: |
      RewriteEngine on
      RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} ^http$
      RewriteRule .* https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=307,L]

.ebextensions/02-project.config

commands:
  01_update_composer:
    command: export HOME=/root && export COMPOSER_HOME=/root && /usr/bin/composer.phar self-update

option_settings:
  - namespace: aws:elasticbeanstalk:application:environment
    option_name: COMPOSER_HOME
    value: /root
  - namespace: aws:elasticbeanstalk:application:environment
    option_name: HOME
    value: /root
  - namespace: aws:elasticbeanstalk:container:php:phpini
    option_name: document_root
    value: /public
  - namespace: aws:elasticbeanstalk:container:php:phpini
    option_name: memory_limit
    value: 512M
  - namespace: aws:elasticbeanstalk:sqsd
    option_name: HttpPath
    value: /worker/queue
  - namespace: aws:elasticbeanstalk:container:php:phpini
    option_name: zlib.output_compression
    value: Off
  - namespace: aws:elasticbeanstalk:container:php:phpini
    option_name: allow_url_fopen
    value: On
  - namespace: aws:elasticbeanstalk:container:php:phpini
    option_name: max_execution_time
    value: 4000

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Why have you placed .htaccess and index.php in the root and not in the public folder? — Saurabh
@Saurabh If I place .htaccess and index.php into /public folder I get this error :Whoops, looks like something went wrong. and to access to the website I have to add the public folder to the url (www.example.com/public/). PHP Warning: require(/var/app/current/public/vendor/autoload.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/app/current/public/index.php on line 24 — Sirius
Did you ever solve this, getting the same issue now and this is a setup I've used several times in the past. — iKlsR

Saurabh Saurabh · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-09T06:39:33

Did you do this?

Open the Elastic Beanstalk console.
Navigate to the management page for your environment.
Choose Configuration.
On the Software configuration card, choose Modify.
For Document Root, type /public.
Apply Configuration

Reference: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/php-laravel-tutorial.html

Cannot serve directory /var/www/html/public/ [Laravel - Aws Elasticbeanstalk]

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