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I built a simple Drupal 8 website on my DEV box and moved it to the LIVE server.

  1. Copied the files on the DEV server into a tarball
  2. Moved these file to the LIVE server (using scp).
  3. Uncompressed web files into it's destination directory (/var/www/html/newsite)
  4. Created the database, user and set permissions to match that on the DEV server
  5. Backed up the MySQL Server database into a .sql file with mysqldump
  6. Imported from the .sql file into the database of the same name
  7. Made sure the APACHE settings pointed to the site's directory

When I navigate to the front page, it comes up.

  • Images and page content displays
  • Webform works and emails the account it is set for

BUT cannot navigate to any other page!

  • /user = Page not found
  • /[anything] = Page not found
  • /?q=user = goes to the (front) page and the URL remains with the
  • /?=[anything] = shows the front page with the URL remaining

Meaning I cannot log in or run (database) updates!

I've tried

  • deleting the Sessions table in the database
  • verify mod_rewrite is enabled in httpd (CentOS)
  • verified the apache (httpd) config files match

Any help or ideas appreciated.

I don't think wiping out the website, install a Drupal site and then copy the files/database over the new one would fix anything.

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  • Have you got a copy of the Drupal .htaccess file in the webroot?
    – Jaypan
    Commented Dec 6, 2021 at 21:02
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    Those are the exact symptoms of a missing/unprocessed .htaccess file
    – Clive ♦
    Commented Dec 6, 2021 at 21:02
  • There is a .htaccess file in the webroot. What am I looking for in the file?
    – Hometoy
    Commented Dec 6, 2021 at 21:12
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    Do you have AllowOverride All in the vhost? If yes, is the <Directory> path that's under definitely correct?
    – Clive ♦
    Commented Dec 6, 2021 at 21:13
  • Try truncating all the cache tables and running the 'update.php' file or using Drush (drush updb).
    – npcoder
    Commented Dec 6, 2021 at 22:11

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Clive, you are correct.

Looking in the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf (Apache configuration file on RedHat based distributions such as CentOS) I added the directory and include the AllowOverride All.

Once I refreshed it works! Thank you!

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