Solving Angular 404 Error on Refresh Server Side Solutions and Best Practices

When you refresh your server, you may encounter a 404 error related to Angular routes. This is because when you refresh your page, the server tries to look for the route on the server, but it is not found as Angular handles the routing on the client-side.

To solve this issue, you need to configure your server to redirect all requests to the Angular index.html file, which is where Angular takes over the routing.

Here are the steps to follow:

1. Create a .htaccess file in the root directory of your server if it doesn’t exist.
2. Open the .htaccess file and add the following code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.html$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.html [L]

3. Save the .htaccess file and refresh your server.

This code will redirect all requests to the index.html file, except for requests for files that actually exist on the server, such as images or CSS files. This way, Angular can take over the routing and handle the request on the client-side.

Note: The above steps are for Apache servers. If you are using a different server, the configuration steps may vary.