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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"routing doesnt work after deployment in angular2","articleBody":"\u003e angular-cli: 1.0.0-beta.18\n\u003e    node: 6.4.0\n\u003e    os: win32 x64 Windows 10\n\nI have created an angular2 app \u0026 deployed it successfully.\n\napp starts correctly after taking some time to load \u0026 then I am able to navigate to different components.\n\nbut when I put direct address in URL as :\n\n```\nwww.sample.com/about\n```\n\nit says 404 error.\n\neven when I am creating bundle using `ng build --prod` , it creates `dist` folder correctly \u0026 I am able to navigate to different components using links only.\n\nbut I cant access components directly from the URL in my local system also.\n\nI am using `http-server`.\n\nare there any extra configurations required to make it work?\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/Bhushan001","@type":"Person","name":"Bhushan001"},"datePublished":"2016-10-25T18:38:00.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":29},"url":"https://github.com/2885/angular-cli/issues/2885"}