React app showing page with "404 the requested path could not be found" when using Apache

Question

I am deploying a React app to my Apache server.

I can access the app on my-ip:5001, but when I go to my domain it gives me "404 the requested path could not be found". Btw. the domain has been set up and worked with an html file before working with react.

I did npm run build and placed the build folder in the root of my server. Made no changes to the package.json file.

I run the server using: serve -s -l 5001

Apache conf file:

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost *:443>    
        ServerName somedomain.com
        ServerAlias www.somedomain.com



ProxyRequests On
ProxyVia On
<Proxy *>
  Order deny,allow
  Allow from all
  </Proxy>

        ProxyPass / http://localhost:5001/
        ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:5001/



</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>

Any idea what might be going on here?

Answer 1

run serve -s from inside of the /build folder. exemple

C:\Users\zafriha\Desktop\myProject>build>cd..

C:\Users\zafriha\Desktop\myProject>npm install -g serve

C:\Users\zafriha\Desktop\myProject>serve -s build