laravel/homestead: Input file not specified

Running http://192.168.10.10/ doesn't open up the laravel app. This is a problem I've been battling for over a week. I've gone through lots of posts on Stackoverflow and other blogs to find solutions to it all to no avail.

I want to develop with laravel on my vm hence the use of a vagrant box for set up. Both folder structures on my local machine and vagrant machine are in synchron but any time I hit the app url I get this dreadful "No input file specified." 192.168.10.10 page

I also ensured that the homestead.yaml folder and /etc/hosts are properly configured. Here's my Homestead.yaml file

---
ip: "192.168.10.10"
memory: 2048
cpus: 2
provider: virtualbox

authorize: ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

keys:
    - ~/.ssh/id_rsa

folders:
    - map: ~/code/project1
      to: /home/vagrant/project1

sites:
    - map: homestead.test
      to: /home/vagrant/project1/public

databases:
    - homestead

features:
    - mariadb: false
    - ohmyzsh: false
    - webdriver: false

# ports:
#     - send: 50000
#       to: 5000
#     - send: 7777
#       to: 777
#       protocol: udp

And the /etc/hosts config:

127.0.0.1   localhost
127.0.1.1   bashorun-HP-EliteBook-8440p
192.168.10.10 homestead.test

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

The vagrant machine folder structure looks this way too: Vagrant machine environment

While on my local machine, it looks this way: Local machine environment

So, could it be location I run the 'composer require laravel/homestead' is wrong. I'd be grateful if I could be shown a correct working procedure on how to solve this problem. Thanks.

via Chebli Mohamed