# Cannot access Pydio Server on / instead of /pydio **URL:** \ **Category:** Pydio 8\ **Created:** [August 20, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/cannot-access-pydio-server-on-instead-of-pydio/1484 "2018-08-20T21:56:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![keranoz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.pydio.com/keranoz/32/496_2.png) [@keranoz](https://forum.pydio.com/u/keranoz)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/cannot-access-pydio-server-on-instead-of-pydio/1484/1 "2018-08-20T21:56:46Z")
Hello, I’ve installed Pydio 8.2.1 on a Debian 9 VPS using the Pydio package repository and tried to change the base url to / instead of /pydio but I cannot get it to work. This is my first time working with Pydio (and also my first post here). I think these files are relevant to the problem, please let me know if you need more information. I shortened them a bit (removed empty lines and comments) to keep the post short. /etc/pydio/apache2.conf: ``` Alias / /usr/share/pydio Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride Limit FileInfo Order allow,deny Allow from all Require all granted AddType application/json .json ``` /etc/pydio/htaccess: ``` RewriteEngine on RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule (.*) index.php [L] AddType application/json .json ``` Pretty sure I messed up something as well because I changed it back to /pydio and I when I then visit the site (with /pydio appended) I am presented with a blank page (with some HTML and Javascript in the source code). Could someone help me out here? Greatly appreciated as Pydio seems like a great application. EDIT: I just realized I should probably mention that I have an NGINX reverse proxy set up in front of it with the following config in the vhost file: ``` server { server_name cloud.xxx.xxx; listen 10.0.1.5:80; return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri; } server { server_name cloud.xxx.xxx; listen 10.0.1.5:443 ssl; ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/cloud.xxx.xxx/fullchain.pem; ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/cloud.xxx.xxx/privkey.pem; location / { proxy_pass http://10.0.1.4; proxy_redirect http://10.0.1.4 https://cloud.xxx.xxx; proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme; #add_header Server: $nginx_version; } client_max_body_size 101G; access_log /var/log/nginx/cloud.xxx.xxx-access.log; error_log /var/log/nginx/cloud.xxx.xxx-error.log; include /etc/nginx/sslsettings.conf; ``` ---
**Author:** ![zayn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a87d85/32.png) [@zayn](https://forum.pydio.com/u/zayn)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/cannot-access-pydio-server-on-instead-of-pydio/1484/2 "2018-08-23T14:08:34Z")
Hi, so lets resume this you have a pydio install that works well, but when you configured your reverse proxy you now have an issue when you want to acces pydio using `/`. First thing is can you access your pydio instance through it’s address without using the reverse proxy ( if you could test that ). ---
**Author:** ![keranoz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.pydio.com/keranoz/32/496_2.png) [@keranoz](https://forum.pydio.com/u/keranoz)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/cannot-access-pydio-server-on-instead-of-pydio/1484/3 "2018-08-27T11:45:46Z")
Hi Zayn, Sorry for the late reply. I just tested it, with or without using the reverse proxy I get the standard Apache2 page on `/` and a blank page on `/pydio`. The blank page does contain some HTML. ---
**Author:** ![zayn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a87d85/32.png) [@zayn](https://forum.pydio.com/u/zayn)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/cannot-access-pydio-server-on-instead-of-pydio/1484/4 "2018-08-27T13:10:21Z")
Hi, could show me your pydio’s virtualhost file on apache2 please? ---
**Author:** ![keranoz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.pydio.com/keranoz/32/496_2.png) [@keranoz](https://forum.pydio.com/u/keranoz)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/cannot-access-pydio-server-on-instead-of-pydio/1484/5 "2018-08-27T14:40:02Z")
``` Alias /pydio /usr/share/pydio Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride Limit FileInfo Order allow,deny Allow from all Require all granted AddType application/json .json ``` Okay, this is what’s inside `/etc/apache2/conf-enabled/pydio.conf` (without comments and extra line breaks). I see the Alias at the top says `/pydio`, I changed that to `/` and now I get a 403 error if I access the site on `/`. This is where I was earlier as well but messed it up more when I tried to figure it out. In the Apache logs I see the following error: `AH01276: Cannot serve directory /usr/share/pydio: No matching DirectoryIndex (index.html,index.cgi,index.pl,index.php,index.xhtml,index.htm) found, and server-generated directory index forbidden by Options directive` This directory exists, with an index.php, and everything in there is world readable… I suspect it comes from a rewrite somewhere but I really don’t know… ---
**Author:** ![zayn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a87d85/32.png) [@zayn](https://forum.pydio.com/u/zayn)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/cannot-access-pydio-server-on-instead-of-pydio/1484/6 "2018-08-28T08:36:09Z")
Hi, are you using other site combined with this one on the same server, i think that you cannot really use alias with just a `/` it has to be something like `//`where the starting slash is mandatory to tell apache what to match on, i’ve read this [documentation](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_alias.html#aliasmatch) on apaches site. If you do not have other virtualhosted site then you can just make it the default one on your server and every request served on http://\< whatever \>/ with then redirect you on your default application which would be in this case pydio. ---
**Author:** ![keranoz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.pydio.com/keranoz/32/496_2.png) [@keranoz](https://forum.pydio.com/u/keranoz)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/cannot-access-pydio-server-on-instead-of-pydio/1484/7 "2018-08-28T10:15:26Z")
Hi zayn, I don’t have any other site hosted on that server. Just the default apache2 page that is also there I guess. So from what you tell me it is impossible to host Pydio on `/`? Well that’s annoying. Instead of aliassing a directory, why not make /usr/share/pydio the document root so you don’t have to alias things? Is it a security thing? I’m willing to sacrifice some of it to access Pydio on `/`. ---
**Author:** ![zayn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a87d85/32.png) [@zayn](https://forum.pydio.com/u/zayn)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/cannot-access-pydio-server-on-instead-of-pydio/1484/8 "2018-08-28T12:22:34Z")
Hi, quite the contrary if you only have pydio on your server than it should be a piece of cake to have it work on just for instance [http://192.168.0.1/](http://192.168.0.1/) , you can make the default request on port 80 all about pydio and therefore you will not even need an alias. ```auto ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost Servername your-pydio.com ServerAlias www.your-pydio.com DocumentRoot /var/www/pydio/ AllowOverride All Require all granted ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined ``` heres a default virtual host file, you can disable the default apache2 page by using `a2dissite 000-default.conf`(which is the virtual host file for this default page) ---
**Author:** ![keranoz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.pydio.com/keranoz/32/496_2.png) [@keranoz](https://forum.pydio.com/u/keranoz)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/cannot-access-pydio-server-on-instead-of-pydio/1484/9 "2018-08-28T12:30:41Z")
Hi, Ah nice! So I just have to take your vhost config, change the document root to /usr/share/pydio and that’s it? EDIT: Oh, and disable the pydio.conf from /etc/apache2/conf-enabled I assume ---
**Author:** ![zayn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a87d85/32.png) [@zayn](https://forum.pydio.com/u/zayn)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/cannot-access-pydio-server-on-instead-of-pydio/1484/10 "2018-08-28T13:01:04Z")
Yeah exactly and also dont forget to disable the default apache conf, `sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf` should do the trick, you can also use the same command on your `pydio.conf`, usually all of the virtual host files are located in `/etc/apache2/sites-available/` and when enabled with `sudo a2ensite pydio.conf` they create a symbolic link in `/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/` folder. ---
**Author:** ![keranoz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.pydio.com/keranoz/32/496_2.png) [@keranoz](https://forum.pydio.com/u/keranoz)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/cannot-access-pydio-server-on-instead-of-pydio/1484/11 "2018-08-28T15:00:11Z")
Okay, disabled conf-enabled/pydio.conf, enabled cloud-pydio.conf in sites-enabled and restarted Apache. The contents of cloud-pydio.conf are as follows: ``` ServerAdmin webmaster@xxx.xxx Servername cloud.xxx.xxx. DocumentRoot /usr/share/pydio/ AllowOverride All Require all granted ``` But now I get a page saying “Oops, cannot find this page!”. It’s Pydio saying that, not the web browser or server(s). Do you kow what could cause this? ---
**Author:** ![zayn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a87d85/32.png) [@zayn](https://forum.pydio.com/u/zayn)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/cannot-access-pydio-server-on-instead-of-pydio/1484/12 "2018-08-28T15:08:19Z")
i think you could just put VirutalHost \*:80 the \* is a wildcard that will take any request on port 80 on this server and redirect them to your pydio which should be the only application on port 80 on your server. ---
**Author:** ![keranoz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.pydio.com/keranoz/32/496_2.png) [@keranoz](https://forum.pydio.com/u/keranoz)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/cannot-access-pydio-server-on-instead-of-pydio/1484/13 "2018-08-28T15:11:30Z")
I don’t think that matters, I tried it nevertheless but it made no difference. Thank you a lot for your help so far btw. ---
**Author:** ![zayn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a87d85/32.png) [@zayn](https://forum.pydio.com/u/zayn)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/cannot-access-pydio-server-on-instead-of-pydio/1484/14 "2018-08-28T15:14:17Z")
You could take a look at the troubleshooting section [https://pydio.com/en/docs/v8/troubleshooting](https://pydio.com/en/docs/v8/troubleshooting) maybe will find what’s causing your issue. Otherwise i will reproduce your case and see what happens. ---
**Author:** ![keranoz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.pydio.com/keranoz/32/496_2.png) [@keranoz](https://forum.pydio.com/u/keranoz)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/cannot-access-pydio-server-on-instead-of-pydio/1484/15 "2018-09-02T17:11:14Z")
Hi Zayn, Again sorry for the delayed reply. Unfortunately I could not manage to fix the error. Are you sure you want to go through the hasle of reprocing my scenario?