No, you just need to add '.htaccess' file in 'pub/static' folder with this code:
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
php_flag engine 0
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_php7.c>
php_flag engine 0
</IfModule>
# To avoid situation when web server automatically adds extension to path
Options -MultiViews
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
# Remove signature of the static files that is used to overcome the browser cache
RewriteRule ^version.+?/(.+)$ $1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
RewriteRule .* ../static.php?resource=$0 [L]
</IfModule>
############################################
## setting MIME types
# JavaScript
AddType application/javascript js jsonp
AddType application/json json
# HTML
AddType text/html html
# CSS
AddType text/css css
# Images and icons
AddType image/x-icon ico
AddType image/gif gif
AddType image/png png
AddType image/jpeg jpg
AddType image/jpeg jpeg
# SVG
AddType image/svg+xml svg
# Fonts
AddType application/vnd.ms-fontobject eot
AddType application/x-font-ttf ttf
AddType application/x-font-otf otf
AddType application/x-font-woff woff
AddType application/font-woff2 woff2
# Flash
AddType application/x-shockwave-flash swf
# Archives and exports
AddType application/zip gzip
AddType application/x-gzip gz gzip
AddType application/x-bzip2 bz2
AddType text/csv csv
AddType application/xml xml
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
<FilesMatch .*\.(ico|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|svg|js|css|swf|eot|ttf|otf|woff|woff2)$>
Header append Cache-Control public
</FilesMatch>
<FilesMatch .*\.(zip|gz|gzip|bz2|csv|xml)$>
Header append Cache-Control no-store
</FilesMatch>
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
############################################
## Add default Expires header
## http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#expires
ExpiresActive On
# Data
<FilesMatch \.(zip|gz|gzip|bz2|csv|xml)$>
ExpiresDefault "access plus 0 seconds"
</FilesMatch>
ExpiresByType text/xml "access plus 0 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/csv "access plus 0 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/json "access plus 0 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/zip "access plus 0 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/x-gzip "access plus 0 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/x-bzip2 "access plus 0 seconds"
# CSS, JavaScript, html
<FilesMatch \.(css|js|html)$>
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 year"
</FilesMatch>
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 year"
# Favicon, images, flash
<FilesMatch \.(ico|gif|png|jpg|jpeg|swf|svg)$>
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 year"
</FilesMatch>
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/svg+xml "access plus 1 year"
# Fonts
<FilesMatch \.(eot|ttf|otf|svg|woff|woff2)$>
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 year"
</FilesMatch>
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType application/x-font-otf "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType application/x-font-woff "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType application/font-woff2 "access plus 1 year"
</IfModule>And this `.htaccess` file in `pub` folder with this code:
############################################
## Optional override of deployment mode. We recommend you use the
## command bin/magento deploy:mode:set to switch modes instead
# Options are default, production, or developer
# SetEnv MAGE_MODE default
############################################
## Uncomment these lines for CGI mode.
## Make sure to specify the correct cgi php binary file name
## it might be /cgi-bin/php-cgi
# Action php5-cgi /cgi-bin/php5-cgi
# AddHandler php5-cgi .php
############################################
## GoDaddy specific options
# Options -MultiViews
## You might also need to add this line to php.ini
## cgi.fix_pathinfo = 1
## If it still doesn't work, rename php.ini to php5.ini
############################################
## This line is specific for 1and1 hosting
#AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
#AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php
############################################
## Default index file
DirectoryIndex index.php
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
############################################
## Adjust memory limit
php_value memory_limit 768M
php_value max_execution_time 18000
############################################
## Disable automatic session start
## before autoload was initialized
php_flag session.auto_start off
############################################
## Enable resulting html compression
#php_flag zlib.output_compression on
###########################################
# Disable user agent verification to not break multiple image upload
php_flag suhosin.session.cryptua off
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_php7.c>
############################################
## Adjust memory limit
php_value memory_limit 768M
php_value max_execution_time 18000
############################################
## Disable automatic session start
## before autoload was initialized
php_flag session.auto_start off
############################################
## Enable resulting html compression
#php_flag zlib.output_compression on
###########################################
# Disable user agent verification to not break multiple image upload
php_flag suhosin.session.cryptua off
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_security.c>
###########################################
# Disable POST processing to not break multiple image upload
SecFilterEngine Off
SecFilterScanPOST Off
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
############################################
## Enable apache served files compression
## http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#gzip
# Insert filter on all content
###SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
# Insert filter on selected content types only
#AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/css text/javascript
# Netscape 4.x has some problems...
#BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
# Netscape 4.06-4.08 have some more problems
#BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
# MSIE masquerades as Netscape, but it is fine
#BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
# Don't compress images
#SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \.(?:gif|jpe?g|png)$ no-gzip dont-vary
# Make sure proxies don't deliver the wrong content
#Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
############################################
## Make HTTPS env vars available for CGI mode
SSLOptions StdEnvVars
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
############################################
## Enable rewrites
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
############################################
## You can put here your magento root folder
## path relative to web root
#RewriteBase /magento/
############################################
## Workaround for HTTP authorization
## in CGI environment
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
############################################
## TRACE and TRACK HTTP methods disabled to prevent XSS attacks
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^TRAC[EK]
RewriteRule .* - [L,R=405]
############################################
## Never rewrite for existing files, directories and links
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
############################################
## Rewrite everything else to index.php
RewriteRule .* index.php [L]
</IfModule>
############################################
## Prevent character encoding issues from server overrides
## If you still have problems, use the second line instead
AddDefaultCharset Off
#AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
############################################
## Add default Expires header
## http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#expires
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType text/html A0
ExpiresByType text/plain A0
</IfModule>
###########################################
## Deny access to release notes to prevent disclosure of the installed Magento version
<Files RELEASE_NOTES.txt>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</Files>
# For 404s and 403s that aren't handled by the application, show plain 404 response
ErrorDocument 404 /errors/404.php
ErrorDocument 403 /errors/404.php
############################################
## If running in cluster environment, uncomment this
## http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#etags
#FileETag none
###########################################
## Deny access to cron.php
<Files cron.php>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</Files>
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
############################################
## Prevent clickjacking
Header set X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN
</IfModule>
After this flush the cache and try in private windows.
