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Hello
I'm a drupal developer but new to Hiawatha! (Thank you Hugo for such an amazing web server)
I just installed drupal 8 on my vm which runs ubuntu 16.04 with composer (https://github.com/drupal-composer/drupal-project)

every thing was good and I installed drupal 8 successfully. I have no problem for loading the home page of my drupal site, but no other pages load! (I get 404 error)
for example non of this pages load:
mysite/admin
mysite/profile
mysite/node/add (etc)

but the home page loads successfully. I also get no errors in my hiawatha error log

this is my hiawatha.conf:

# Hiawatha main configuration file
#

# VARIABLES
# With 'set', you can declare a variable. Make sure the name of the
# variable doesn't conflict with any of the configuration options.
# The variables are case-sensitive and cannot be redeclared.
#
#set LOCALHOST = 127.0.0.0/8


# GENERAL SETTINGS
#
ServerId = www-data
ConnectionsTotal = 1000
ConnectionsPerIP = 25
SystemLogfile = /var/log/hiawatha/system.log
GarbageLogfile = /var/log/hiawatha/garbage.log


# BINDING SETTINGS
# A binding is where a client can connect to.
#
Binding {
	Port = 80
}
#
#Binding {
#	Port = 443
#	TLScertFile = tls/hiawatha.pem
#	Interface = 127.0.0.1
#	MaxRequestSize = 2048
#	TimeForRequest = 30
#}


# BANNING SETTINGS
# Deny service to clients who misbehave.
#
#BanOnGarbage = 300
#BanOnMaxPerIP = 60
#BanOnMaxReqSize = 300
#KickOnBan = yes
#RebanDuringBan = yes


# COMMON GATEWAY INTERFACE (CGI) SETTINGS
# These settings can be used to run CGI applications.
#
#CGIhandler = /usr/bin/perl:pl
#CGIhandler = /usr/bin/php-cgi:php
#CGIhandler = /usr/bin/python:py
#CGIhandler = /usr/bin/ruby:rb
#CGIhandler = /usr/bin/ssi-cgi:shtml
#CGIextension = cgi
#
FastCGIserver {
	FastCGIid = PHP7
	ConnectTo = /run/php/php7.1-fpm.sock
	Extension = php
}


# URL TOOLKIT
# This URL toolkit rule was made for the Banshee PHP framework,
# which can be downloaded from http://www.banshee-php.org/
#
#UrlToolkit {
#	ToolkitID = banshee
#	RequestURI isfile Return
#	Match ^/(css|files|fonts|images|js)($|/) Return
#	Match ^/(favicon.ico|robots.txt)$ Return
#	Match [^?]*(\?.*)? Rewrite /index.php$1
#}

#UrlToolkit {
#    ToolkitID = drupal
#    RequestURI isfile Return
#    Match ^/favicon.ico$ Return
#    Match /(.*)\?(.*) Rewrite /index.php?q=$1&$2
#    Match /(.*) Rewrite /index.php?q=$1
#}

UrlToolkit {
    ToolkitID = drupal
    Match /sites/default/files/private DenyAccess
    Match /sites/default/files/(.*)\.php DenyAccess
    Match \.(engine|inc|info|install|make|module|profile|test|po|sh|.*sql|theme|tpl(\.php)?|xtmpl)(~|\.sw[op]|\.bak|\.orig|\.save)?$|^(\..*|Entries.*|Repository|Root|Tag|Template|composer\.(json|lock))$|^#.*#$|\.php(~|\.sw[op]|\.bak|\.orig|\.save)$ DenyAccess
    RequestURI isfile Return
    Match ^/favicon.ico$ Return
    Match /(.*)\?(.*) Rewrite /index.php?q=$1&$2
    Match /(.*) Rewrite /index.php?q=$1
}
# DIRECTORY SETTINGS
# You can specify some settings per directory.
#
#Directory {
#	DirectoryID = static
#	Path = /css, /fonts, /images, /js
#	ExpirePeriod = 2 weeks
#}
#
#Directory {
#	DirectoryID = files
#	Path = /files
#	ShowIndex = yes
#	StartFile = index.html
#	ExecuteCGI = no
#}
Include /etc/hiawatha/hosts

# DEFAULT WEBSITE
# It is wise to use your IP address as the hostname of the default website
# and give it a blank webpage. By doing so, automated webscanners won't find
# your possible vulnerable website.
#
Hostname = devbox.test 
WebsiteRoot = /var/www/hiawatha
StartFile = index.html
AccessLogfile = /var/log/hiawatha/access.log
ErrorLogfile = /var/log/hiawatha/error.log


# VIRTUAL HOSTS
# Use a VirtualHost section for each website you want to host.
#
#VirtualHost {
#	Hostname = www.my-domain.com
#	WebsiteRoot = /var/www/my-domain/public
#	AccessLogfile = /var/www/my-domain/log/access.log
#	ErrorLogfile = /var/www/my-domain/log/error.log
#	TimeForCGI = 5
#	UseFastCGI = PHP7
#	UseToolkit = banshee
#	UseDirectory = static, files
#}

and this my virtual host conf:

VirtualHost {
    Hostname = test.test
    WebsiteRoot = /home/hamed/sites/test/web
    StartFile = index.php
    #AccessLogfile = /home/hamed/sites/drultra/logs/access.log
    ErrorLogfile = /home/hamed/sites/test/error.log
    TimeForCGI = 5
    UseFastCGI = PHP7
    #PreventXSS = yes
    #PreventCSRF = yes
    #PreventSQLi = yes
    #Alias = /mysql:/usr/share/phpmyadmin
    #AccessList = allow all
}

1) You are not using the Drupal urltoolkit. Add the following line to your VirtualHost configuration.

        UseToolkit = drupal

2) Replace these two lines in your Drupal urltoolkit

    Match /(.*)\?(.*) Rewrite /index.php?q=$1&$2
    Match /(.*) Rewrite /index.php?q=$1

with this line

    Match [^?]*(\?.*)? Rewrite /index.php$1

3) For each new version of Drupal, always check the .htaccess file for which files to deny access. The latest version (v8.4.4) includes protections for Twig and YAML files.

        Match \.(engine|inc|install|make|module|profile|po|sh|.*sql|theme|twig|tpl(\.php)?|xtmpl|yml)(~|\.sw[op]|\.bak|\.orig|\.save)?$|^(\..*|Entries.*|Repository|Root|Tag|Template|composer\.(json|lock))$|^#.*#$|\.php(~|\.sw[op]|\.bak|\.orig|\.save)$ DenyAccess

4) In your virtualhost, the TimeForCGI seems low. I would set it to 30 and adjust if necessary, otherwise some operations in Drupal will not be able to finish.

Hope that helps!

Thanks!
now everything runs smoothly