Configure rewrite rules with Apache on the same server to be able to access both frontend and backend

Question

I have a Vue.js project and a Laravel project in Apache.

I put Vue.js in C:/Apache24/htdocs/vue_project_name and Laravel in C:/Apache24/htdocs/laravel_project_name, so I can get the following configuration ：

虚拟主机文档根目录："C:/Apache24/htdocs/"。

前端URL："http://domain_name/vue_project_name"

后端URL："http://domain_name/laravel_project_name"

后端API URL："http://domain_name/laravel_project_name/public/api"

I want to rewrite the URL when typing http://domain_name, the browser will jump directly to http://domain_name/laravel_project_name. When I type http://domain_name/api, the browser will jump directly to http://domain_name/laravel_project_name/public/api.

For example, I have an API that I can call http://domain_name/laravel_project_name/public/api/login to get resources, but I want it to be simplified to http://domain_name/ api/login to obtain resources.

How to implement this function?

This is my httpd-vhosts.conf file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "C:\Apache24\htdocs"
    ServerName domain_name
    ErrorLog "C:\Apache24\logs\error.log"
    CustomLog "C:\Apache24\logs\access.log" combined
    <Directory "C:\Apache24\htdocs"> 
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

I know that when I enter http://domain_name, Apache will jump directly to http://domain_name/laravel_project_name, like this:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "C:\Apache24\htdocs\vue_project_name"
    ServerName domain_name
    ErrorLog "C:\Apache24\logs\error.log"
    CustomLog "C:\Apache24\logs\access.log" combined
    <Directory "C:\Apache24\htdocs\vue_project_name"> 
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

But I think this will affect the backend path, so I need a better solution.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Laravel must point to <project_root>/public, this is your problem...

Update the configuration related to Laravel to DocumentRoot: "C:/Apache24/htdocs/laravel_project_name/public".

I know you are using Apache, but take a look at how to point the Nginx configuration to that folder.