I can't personalise my error pages -- Apache ErrorDocument directive results in additional not found error

Question

I use apache 2.4.10, and I can't use personal error pages.

I changed /etc/apache2/conf-available/localized-error-pages.conf and added :

ErrorDocument 404 /404.html

and created the file /var/www/404.html with the short string 404test inside.

However, when I relaunch apache, I get

Not Found

The requested URL / was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

What's wrong?
Is there a way to get more detail on the error?

Answer 1

Roll back your changes in /etc/apache2/conf-available/localized-error-pages.conf, then use .htaccess to create a custom 404 page with the following:

ErrorDocument 404 /404.html

If that fails then try adding the full path to the 404.html document.

Answer 2

Do not use .htaccess it add extra useless disk access.

Edit your web site configuration in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/{yoursite}.conf add this outside any tag

# Error documents
ErrorDocument 404 /404.htm

# allow errors pages to be visible from any virtual host
Alias /404.htm /var/www/errors/404.htm

Like that your error pages will be available for any of your virtual host, without adding extra code in virtual host and save harddrive useless access.

Answer 3

Using internet explorer? your 404 page should have a minimum 0f 512 bytes of text. So say a line or 10. just try it with longer text.