How can I reach local file instead of controller url having app deployed on Apache2?

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My web app is running after being deployed on Apache2 (local OS is Ubuntu 18.04 LTS). There is a plethora of controller-related urls like localhost://get_id/<id> or localhost://delete/<id>. Whenever I enter them into search mask, page of my we site appears here, well. What brings me into misunderstanding is a problem of opening any local file inside Apache root directory (/var/www/html) instead of getting content by urls. To be more specific: I have file sample.txt within directory /var/www/html/samples. Now I need to display what this file contains but after typing localhost/samples/sample.txt (suggesting that localhost file source is just /var/www/html) it fails to show anything like sample.txt though Not found.
Virtual host configurations are defined as below:

 <VirtualHost *:80>

        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/site-error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/site-access.log combined

        <Location />
                ProxyPass unix:/var/www/html/site/site.sock|http://127.0.0.1/
                ProxyPassReverse unix:/var/www/html/site/site.sock|http://127.0.0.1/
        </Location>
</VirtualHost>

I see clear it's a case of missing configuration for a virtual host - which exactly? I was looking for any earlier posts, questions and answers (that's pretty simple issue, so it was responded in the past, I'm sure), but without success. Let me note I'm a newbie to server technologies like Apache, my experience doesn't enable me to solve that matter myself so far. So, how do I want to implement file paths instead of web site url, essentially? Any pointer will be kindly appreciated.

Where do you type "localhost://samples/sample.txt" ? If this would be into the address bar of a browser, then you need to study how an URL is constructed. Would you mean "http : //localhost/samples/sample.txt" (without the spaces) ? — Gerard H. Pille, Jun 11 '20 at 19:15
I put `localhost/samples/sample.txt` into browser address bar before getting `Not found` response — mission_code_now, Jun 11 '20 at 19:19
Just updated, there was a mistake in my original sample of address bar input — mission_code_now, Jun 11 '20 at 19:21
At first sight your VirtualHost seems to be missing a "root /var/www/html". — Gerard H. Pille, Jun 11 '20 at 19:27

How can I reach local file instead of controller url having app deployed on Apache2?

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