René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"rename index.html will lead that the app is not available","articleBody":"IMHO, the index file for the app is configurable,  and a file named such as `main.html` can be used if the value for `index` in `angular-cli.json` is given.\r\nhowever, rename index.html file will lead that the app is not available after I upgrade the angular-cli to beta.24.  (while working well in beta.18)\r\n\r\n\u003e --------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n### OS?\r\n\u003e windows 10\r\n\r\n### Versions.\r\n\u003eangular-cli: 1.0.0-beta.24\r\n\u003enode: 6.5.0\r\n\u003e os: win32 x64\r\n\u003e @angular/common: 2.4.1\r\n\u003e @angular/compiler: 2.4.1\r\n\u003e @angular/compiler-cli: 2.4.1\r\n\u003e @angular/core: 2.4.1\r\n\u003e @angular/forms: 2.4.1\r\n\u003e @angular/http: 2.4.1\r\n\u003e @angular/platform-browser: 2.4.1\r\n\u003e @angular/platform-browser-dynamic: 2.4.1\r\n\u003e @angular/platform-server: 2.4.1\r\n\u003e @angular/router: 3.4.1\r\n\r\n\r\n### Repro steps.\r\n\u003e 1. ng init  ( npm install)\r\n\u003e 2. rename file `index.html` to `main.html`\r\n\u003e 3. change the value of `index` key to `main.html`\r\n\u003e 4. ng serve (build ok)\r\n\u003e 5. visit the default url (http://localhost:4200)\r\n\r\n```\r\n  \"apps\": [\r\n    {\r\n      \"root\": \"src\",\r\n      \"outDir\": \"dist\",\r\n      \"assets\": [\r\n        \"assets\",\r\n        \"favicon.ico\"\r\n      ],\r\n      \"index\": \"main.html\",\r\n      \"main\": \"main.ts\",\r\n      \"test\": \"test.ts\",\r\n      \"tsconfig\": \"tsconfig.json\",\r\n      \"prefix\": \"app\",\r\n      \"mobile\": false,\r\n      \"styles\": [\r\n        \"styles.css\"\r\n      ],\r\n      \"scripts\": [],\r\n      \"environments\": {\r\n        \"source\": \"environments/environment.ts\",\r\n        \"dev\": \"environments/environment.ts\",\r\n        \"prod\": \"environments/environment.prod.ts\"\r\n      }\r\n    }\r\n  ]\r\n```\r\n\r\n### The log given by the failure.\r\n\u003e page shows \"Cannot GET /\"\r\n\u003e http status code is \"404\"\r\n\r\n### Mention any other details that might be useful.\r\n\u003e when switch angular-cli to version `beta.18`, everything goes smoothly.\r\n\r\n\u003e ---------------------------------------------------------------\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/MienDev","@type":"Person","name":"MienDev"},"datePublished":"2016-12-27T02:51:03.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":6},"url":"https://github.com/3748/angular-cli/issues/3748"}