Why am I getting the Apache2 welcome page instead of the laravel page? - laravel

Question

I installed laravel via homestead, but when I go to localhost I get the apache2 welcome/success screen. I can't get the Laravel welcome page to load up.
I ran vagrant up on the homestead box but there were no laravel files. So I installed it using composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel app.
Now when I go to localhost I get the apache2 welcome screen. If I put an index.html in /vagrant I can get that to load up by going to localhost:8000. But going to the same address without the index file causes a 403.
I've tried all combinations of URLs, /app, /app/app, /app/public, and I've tried changing the URL in the .env.
Weirdly, I can't find this apache welcome file on the server. The page itself says "You should replace this file (located at /var/www/html/index.html)" If I SSH in and go to that folder, there is an nginx welcome html page there, but no apache one.
If I go to file:///var/www/html/ in the browser, I see the index.html of the apache welcome page. If I go to file:///var/ I see a few different folders there than I do by SSHing into the vagrant box. I don't understand why.
How can I get the Laravel welcome page to appear?
edits:
http://localhost:8000/public returns "No input file specified"
Sites part of homestead.yaml
sites:
-
map: homestead.test
to: /home/w/work/qs/app/public
/etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 qs qs
192.168.10.10 homestead.test
# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
#### HOMESTEAD-SITES-BEGIN
# 127.0.0.1 homestead.test
#### HOMESTEAD-SITES-END

Answer 1

You need to add hosts entries for each site and the mappings to your Homestead.yaml:
/etc/hosts:
192.168.10.10 homestead.test
~/Homestead/Homestead.yaml:
sites:
- map: homestead.test
to: /home/vagrant/code/my-project/public
Then still under ~/Homestead, run vagrant up --provision.

Answer 2

As per documentation,
you will still need to add an /etc/hosts file entry for homestead.test or the domain of your choice if you are not using automatic
Add domain entry in your /etc/hosts file like:
192.168.10.10 homestead.test
And try brows http://homestead.test from browser
Make sure the IP address listed is the one set in your Homestead.yaml
Edited:
It seems you may running some commands out of the root directory of the project.
Here is the very short video to verify your steps.
https://youtu.be/a9jtoXXp5ao
All the best!