301 Redirect Loop accessing Nova after migrating to Linux Server - laravel-nova

Question

My Laravel application and Nova are working fine on my local Windows 7 PC development environment running under XAMPP. Not using SSL under this environment.
But after migrating the application to the Linux Server runnning EasyApache WHM/Cpanel with SSL.
Nova throws a redirection loop both before and after login (login page is only accessible by entering /nova/login directly).
The 301 redirects appears to be alternating between /nova and /nova/
https://app.mydomain.com/nova
301 Moved Permanently
https://app.mydomain.com/nova/
301 Moved Permanently
https://app.mydomain.com/nova
301 Moved Permanently
https://app.mydomain.com/nova/
301 Moved Permanently
https://app.mydomain.com/nova
301 Moved Permanently
https://app.mydomain.com/nova/
301 Moved Permanently
https://app.mydomain.com/nova
301 Moved Permanently
https://app.mydomain.com/nova/
etc...
HTTP Headers
>>> https://app.mydomain.com/nova
> --------------------------------------------
> 301 Moved Permanently
> --------------------------------------------
Status: 301 Moved Permanently
Code: 301
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2019 20:31:33 GMT
Server: Apache
Location: https://app.mydomain.com/nova/
Content-Length: 242
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
>>> https://app.mydomain.com/nova/
> --------------------------------------------
> 301 Moved Permanently
> --------------------------------------------
Status: 301 Moved Permanently
Code: 301
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2019 20:31:33 GMT
Server: Apache
Location: https://app.mydomain.com/nova
Content-Length: 241
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
>>> https://app.mydomain.com/nova
> --------------------------------------------
> 301 Moved Permanently
> --------------------------------------------
Status: 301 Moved Permanently
Code: 301
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2019 20:31:34 GMT
Server: Apache
Location: https://app.mydomain.com/nova/
Content-Length: 242
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
>>> https://app.mydomain.com/nova/
> --------------------------------------------
> 301 Moved Permanently
> --------------------------------------------
Status: 301 Moved Permanently
Code: 301
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2019 20:31:35 GMT
Server: Apache
Location: https://app.mydomain.com/nova
Content-Length: 241
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
>>> https://app.mydomain.com/nova
> --------------------------------------------
> 301 Moved Permanently
> --------------------------------------------
Status: 301 Moved Permanently
Code: 301
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2019 20:31:35 GMT
Server: Apache
Location: https://app.mydomain.com/nova/
Content-Length: 242
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
etc etc
Only a standard CPANEL .htaccess file is used
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^public
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
# BEGIN cPanel-generated php ini directives, do not edit
# Manual editing of this file may result in unexpected behavior.
# To make changes to this file, use the cPanel MultiPHP INI Editor (Home >> Software >> MultiPHP INI Editor)
# For more information, read our documentation (https://go.cpanel.net/EA4ModifyINI)
<IfModule php7_module>
</IfModule>
<IfModule lsapi_module>
</IfModule>
# END cPanel-generated php ini directives, do not edit
# php -- BEGIN cPanel-generated handler, do not edit
# Set the “ea-php72” package as the default “PHP” programming language.
<IfModule mime_module>
AddHandler application/x-httpd-ea-php72 .php .php7 .phtml
</IfModule>
# php -- END cPanel-generated handler, do not edit
Really not sure where else to look. I have run: php artisan cache:clear, config:cache, config:clear, view:clear
Is this a known bug with Nova? Any assistance would much appreciated.

Answer 1

The problem is in the default .htaccess created by Cpanel on EasyApache 4. Note I commented out the first two lines after Rewrite Engine on and replaced them with the two lines below:
IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
# RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^public
# RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
# BEGIN cPanel-generated php ini directives, do not edit
# Manual editing of this file may result in unexpected behavior.
# To make changes to this file, use the cPanel MultiPHP INI Editor (Home >> Software >> MultiPHP INI Editor)
# For more information, read our documentation (https://go.cpanel.net/EA4ModifyINI)
<IfModule php7_module>
</IfModule>
<IfModule lsapi_module>
</IfModule>
# END cPanel-generated php ini directives, do not edit
# php -- BEGIN cPanel-generated handler, do not edit
# Set the “ea-php72” package as the default “PHP” programming language.
<IfModule mime_module>
AddHandler application/x-httpd-ea-php72 .php .php7 .phtml
</IfModule>
# php -- END cPanel-generated handler, do not edit