Magento 1.8 sitemap 404 error

[AlinaSob]

Hello!

I have: Magento 1.8.0 (I plan to upgrade, but a bit later), SSL certificate recently installed, the site moved to https. Shared hosting, Apache, PHP 5.6. 

I use Google sitemap generation and it goes OK, the sitemap is generated under the root folder. I see it in and can read it from console or any file commander. The attributes are 666, or 777 - no difference. However, when trying to access it from browser I get 404 error. Seems like magic to me. Every file in the folder is accessible and sitemap.xml is not. I added a rule to my .htaccess file to not use rewrite for sitemap.xml - it makes no difference. 

I've cleared the cache and rebuilt indices. I have only one store in the config and never had another. Both unsecure and secure paths are indicated as https://mysite.com/

Please help me, I'm totally lost. 

[Sunil Patel]

Hello @AlinaSob

Try to create manually 1 file eg.

1.xml and check with URL, you are able to access it.

if yes then rename it sitemap.xml and copy code to new xml and try it.

[AlinaSob]

No, it gives 404 as well.

I have another site on the same hosting, in the next folder, it works fine there. So it's not a problem of global server config. 

[Sunil Patel]

Hello @AlinaSob

Try to rename .htaccess file and try it.

[AlinaSob]

It starts an infinite redirect loop.

[AlinaSob]

I found it! I inserted the rss rule to the wrong place. 

Thank you @Sunil Patel for your help!