[SOLVED] Apache2: 'AH01630: client denied by server configuration'

Apache2: 'AH01630: client denied by server configuration'

I get this error when trying to access localhost via a browser.

AH01630: client denied by server configuration

I checked my site folder permissions using:

sudo chmod 777 -R *

Here is my configuration file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

DocumentRoot /home/user-name/www/myproject
<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride all
    Allow from all
</Directory>

<Location />
  Allow from all
  Order Deny,Allow
</Location>

<Directory  /home/user-name/www/myproject/>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride all
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
    AllowOverride all
    Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log

# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn

CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
<Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
    Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride all
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
    Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
</Directory>

Solution

If you are using Apache 2.4

You have to check allow and deny rules

Check out http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/upgrading.html#access

In 2.2, access control based on client hostname, IP address, and other characteristics of client requests was done using the directives Order, Allow, Deny, and Satisfy.

In 2.4, such access control is done in the same way as other authorization checks, using the new module mod_authz_host.

The new directive is Require:

2.2 configuration:

Order allow,deny
Allow from all

2.4 configuration:

Require all granted

Also don't forget to restart the apache server after these changes (# service httpd restart)