How To Create A Custom ErrorDocument Page In Ubuntu 14.04?

Question

I am new to Ubuntu and I am using Ubuntu Server 14.04. Now I want to use my own design HTML web pages as my server status errors like on 404 etc. I tried my own way but not getting my designed page and I am getting server default error page when I am opening 192.168.1.99/404 that document is not available in my var/www/ as attached below.

I have index.html, 404.html, .htaccess files in my var/www/ folder. My .htaccess files contain ErrorDocument 404 /404.html line only. I didn't change any default setting. I just install Ubuntu Server 14.04 and using it via Terminal. Can you tell me what to do now?

Answer 1

Finally I searched and tried myself and got my code working. I found that I am not activating .htaccess files in my Apache2 service. I did the following steps and got it working.

Step 1:) First Open /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf File To Edit.

Step 2:) Add The Below Codes Just Before </VirtualHost> And Save This File.

AccessFileName .htaccess (.htaccess is the default filename)
<Directory /var/www/>
 Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes
 AllowOverride All
 Order allow,deny
 Allow from all
</Directory>

Step 3:) Now Restart The Apache Service Using Following Command In Terminal.

service apache2 restart

Step 4:) Its Done. Now Open Any File That Doesn't Exists And You Will Get Your Custom Designed Error File.

Note: Use the same .htaccess file as I added in my question.