Add an index page to the root pointing to the bootstrap dir

index.php

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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * phpVMS
+ */
+
+$path_to_phpvms_folder = __DIR__;
+
+require $path_to_phpvms_folder.'/bootstrap/autoload.php';
+
+$app = require_once $path_to_phpvms_folder.'/bootstrap/app.php';
+$app->setPublicPath(__DIR__ . '/public');
+
+$kernel = $app->make(Illuminate\Contracts\Http\Kernel::class);
+
+$response = $kernel->handle(
+    $request = Illuminate\Http\Request::capture()
+);
+
+$response->send();
+
+$kernel->terminate($request, $response);