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I've just rented a virtual server ubuntu 14.04 with apache2 and php running. I know a lot of the *nix world but this is my first virtual server so I'm a bit newbie with it and with all the web/http/domains world.

So, I have an ip, say 1.2.3.4. I have ssh root access to it, I've created an info.php file in /var/www/html directory (apache DocumentRoot is /var/www/html) but if I connect with the browser to http://1.2.3.4/info.php it says Not Found.

If I connect to http://1.2.3.4 is shows a Plesk Web Server's Default Page.

a2query -m php5 says "php5 (enabled by maintainer script)"

What am I missing ?

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The problem might not be with the PHP.

Upload a static html file or a picture to /var/www/html and try accessing it through the browser - if it shows then it is probable a PHP problem and if it displays another 404 it might be a problem with the apache config... For example the default site that is enabled might reside in another folder.

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  • I was hoping in another type of answers, like "of course it cannot work, because..." but, indeed, yours indicates that all should work but it doesn't, it's the worst case. I uploaded a picture and still got a Not found error. Thanks anyway. – marco Jun 5 '15 at 20:34
  • Ok, you were right, thanks again. Checking /var/log/apache2/error.log I've found the problem '[Fri Jun 05 22:39:40.877182 2015] [:error] [pid 7394] [client <...>] script '/var/www/vhosts/default/htdocs/info.php' not found or unable to stat' How and where is this set as default site ? for sure not in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ – marco Jun 5 '15 at 20:47
  • Check the other config files in /etc/apache2/ - the default site might be declared there. You can also make a global search in files for the word htdocs (if you don't know how, you can try this link for more info - stackoverflow.com/questions/16956810/… ) – Sledge Hammer Jun 5 '15 at 21:12

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