npm run build fails to minify

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Special Instructions for Apache

If you are self-hosting this website in an clean installation of Apache webserver on Ubuntu, please take note of the following configuiration requirements:

Enable granular control with .htaccess files

Open the general configuration file for Apache (adjust to your particular circumstances)

sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

and amend/add the following lines:

<Directory /var/www/website/build>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
</Directory>

Enable the use of Rewrite mod

You can use the following command:

sudo a2enmod rewrite

Add the adequate .htaccess content to the root directory

Create a new .htaccess file with

sudo nano /var/www/website/build/.htaccess

And enter the following content:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.html [QSA,L]

Restart the webserver

With the following command:

sudo systemctl restart apache2