🟠 Apache

Apache is one of the most widely used web servers. Monitron SaaS works perfectly with Apache 2.4+ when configured correctly.

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📋 Prerequisites

• Apache 2.4+ installed
• mod_rewrite enabled
• mod_ssl enabled (for HTTPS)
• PHP 8.4+ as mod_php or via PHP-FPM

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🔧 Enable Required Modules

sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo a2enmod ssl
sudo a2enmod headers
sudo systemctl restart apache2

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📝 VirtualHost Configuration

Create a new VirtualHost:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/monitron.conf

Paste this configuration:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName your-domain.com
    Redirect permanent / https://your-domain.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName your-domain.com

    # ─── Document Root ────────────────────────────────────
    # 🚨 IMPORTANT: Point to the /public directory!
    DocumentRoot /var/www/monitron/public

    # ─── SSL Configuration ────────────────────────────────
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/your-domain.com/fullchain.pem
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/your-domain.com/privkey.pem

    # ─── Directory Settings ───────────────────────────────
    <Directory /var/www/monitron/public>
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
        Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks

        # Laravel URL rewriting
        <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
            RewriteEngine On
            RewriteBase /
            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
            RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
        </IfModule>
    </Directory>

    # ─── Block Access to Sensitive Files ──────────────────
    <FilesMatch "^\.env">
        Require all denied
    </FilesMatch>

    # ─── Security Headers ─────────────────────────────────
    Header always set X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN"
    Header always set X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff"
    Header always set X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block"
    Header always set Referrer-Policy "strict-origin-when-cross-origin"

    # ─── Logging ──────────────────────────────────────────
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/monitron-error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/monitron-access.log combined

    # ─── PHP Timeout for AI requests ─────────────────────
    <IfModule mod_php.c>
        php_value max_execution_time 120
        php_value upload_max_filesize 100M
        php_value post_max_size 100M
    </IfModule>
</VirtualHost>

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🔧 Step-by-Step Setup

1. Replace Placeholders

Placeholder	Replace With
your-domain.com	Your actual domain
/var/www/monitron	Your installation path
SSL certificate paths	Your actual paths

2. Enable the Site

# Enable the site
sudo a2ensite monitron.conf

# Disable the default site (optional)
sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf

# Test configuration
sudo apachectl configtest

# Restart Apache
sudo systemctl restart apache2

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🔒 SSL with Let's Encrypt

sudo apt install certbot python3-certbot-apache
sudo certbot --apache -d your-domain.com
sudo certbot renew --dry-run

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📝 The .htaccess File

Monitron includes a .htaccess file in the public/ directory. It handles:

• URL rewriting (pretty URLs)
• HTTP to HTTPS redirect
• Security headers
• CORS headers

warning

Make sure AllowOverride All is set! Without it, Apache ignores .htaccess files and you'll get 404 errors on all pages except the homepage.

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🐘 Using PHP-FPM Instead of mod_php

PHP-FPM is faster than mod_php for most workloads. To use it:

# Disable mod_php
sudo a2dismod php8.4

# Enable PHP-FPM proxy
sudo a2enmod proxy_fcgi setenvif
sudo a2enconf php8.4-fpm

# Restart
sudo systemctl restart apache2

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🛠️ Troubleshooting

"Not Found" on all pages except homepage

mod_rewrite isn't enabled or AllowOverride isn't set:

sudo a2enmod rewrite
# And make sure AllowOverride All is in your VirtualHost
sudo systemctl restart apache2

500 Internal Server Error

Check the Apache error log:

tail -50 /var/log/apache2/monitron-error.log

Common causes:

• Missing .htaccess file in public/
• Wrong file permissions
• PHP error (check storage/logs/laravel.log)