Magento 1.9 – Unable to Access Admin Panel 404 Error Fix

centosmagento-1.9

I'm using Magento 1.9.2.4 on a CentOS VPS.

I'm trying to copy my Magento store from a web hosting server to my backup server(The VPS)

I ensured mod_rewrite was on for apache, the front-end now works properly. But now i'm unable to access the admin. Or i can but under really weird circumstances.

For instance, i'll access the admin panel typing in

/IP ADDRESS/Website/admin

and the panel loads up. I try in credentials but then the web url goes to

/websiteindex.php/admin/dashboard/index/key`

To fix this, i manually add a / between website and index.php. Appearing like /website/index.php. It works for that single page, but if you click on something else, the intialy error will appear.

I looked into the apache Error_log and it just mentions

script '/var/www/html/websiteindex.php' not found or unable to stat

Things I've tried:

Ensured Mod_rewrite is working. Works on the front end.
Applied MYSQL Query search mentioned here Error 404 – Can't access backend after moving to new server
.htaccess has AllowOverride all at <directory "/var/www/html>
Access admin panel by typing /IP ADDRESS/website/index.php/admin. Initial error occurs

Any ideas?

Best Answer

The issue is just because you may forget to add a slash ( ‘/’) at the end of base url in system configuration settings.

/IP ADDRESS/Website/

Please try adding the same and test it again.

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