Trying to remove index.php from url in latest codeigniter 4.5.1

Hi
I've started a new codeigniter 4.5.1 appstarter project at my PC and am having difficult time to remove the index.php from uri

1) This is the virtualhost set in my Apache. Points at public as suggested

Code:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin admin@localhost
    ServerName sw
    ServerAlias sw
    DocumentRoot /media/data/services/public
    <Directory /media/data/services/public>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
Allow from all
    </Directory>
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error_sw.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access_sw.log combined
</VirtualHost>

2) I've enabled the mod_rewrite, restarted apache, edited /etc/hosts file. Then I browse to http://sw , which shows the codeigniter welcome, great!

3) I rename the root/env file to .env and leave it with

Code:

#--------------------------------------------------------------------
# APP
#--------------------------------------------------------------------
CI_ENVIRONMENT = development
app.baseURL = 'http://sw'
app.indexPage = ''

4) I define a new route in app/config/Routes.php

Code:

$routes->get('/services', 'Services::index');

Then, my controller app/Controllers/Services.php looks like

PHP Code:

<?php

namespace App\Controllers;

class Services extends BaseController
{
    public function index(): string
    {
        return view('view_services');
    }
} 


Then, when I try this url in browser

http://sw/services

I'm getting 404 ...

5) Tried also replacing the public/.htaccess with the suggested in
https://codeigniter.com/user_guide/gener...x-php-file
No luck

6) I've also tried setting the baseURL, indexPage, etc. options in app/Config/App.php without luck

I've got no ideas left to solve this
Thanks for any suggestion

Enrique
https://beza.com.ar