Not Working with Symbolic Link #1565

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-05T01:16:53+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 01:16:53 +03:00

Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Mar 3, 2020).

Describe the bug
I have successfully installed BookStack, yet I can only properly use it without a SymbolicLink. Using a symlink only shows me the landing page and as soon as I click on a link I get an Internal Server Error. The Apache Error Log tells me I have exceeded the maximum amount of allowed redirects but I was not able to get a stack trace on what's going on.

Steps To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behaviour:

Install BookStack
Setup a symlink to the public folder
Visit BookStack, click on a link

Expected behavior
I expect BookStack to work the same with the symbolic link without throwing an error.

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Your Configuration (please complete the following information):

Exact BookStack Version (Found in settings): 0.28.2
PHP Version: 7.3
Hosting Method (Nginx/Apache/Docker): Apache

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Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Mar 3, 2020). **Describe the bug** I have successfully installed BookStack, yet I can only properly use it without a SymbolicLink. Using a symlink only shows me the landing page and as soon as I click on a link I get an Internal Server Error. The Apache Error Log tells me I have exceeded the maximum amount of allowed redirects but I was not able to get a stack trace on what's going on. **Steps To Reproduce** Steps to reproduce the behaviour: 1. Install BookStack 2. Setup a symlink to the public folder 3. Visit BookStack, click on a link **Expected behavior** I expect BookStack to work the same with the symbolic link without throwing an error. **Screenshots** If applicable, add screenshots to help explain your problem. **Your Configuration (please complete the following information):** - Exact BookStack Version (Found in settings): 0.28.2 - PHP Version: 7.3 - Hosting Method (Nginx/Apache/Docker): Apache **Additional context** Add any other context about the problem here.

OVERLORD closed this issue

2026-02-05 01:16:57 +03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 01:17:00 +03:00

@ghost commented on GitHub (Mar 3, 2020):

Adding
RewriteBase /

to the .htacces in
/BookStack/public

seems to fix the issue.

@ghost commented on GitHub (Mar 3, 2020): Adding `RewriteBase /` to the .htacces in `/BookStack/public` seems to fix the issue.

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Reference: starred/BookStack#1565