Magento 2 static and media files not loading -404 not found

I have installed Magento 2 but static and media files not loading, showing 404 not found.

The problem was apache.

Solution:

Step-1: Needed to set AllowOverride All in the virtualhost :

 sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

edit:

<Directory /var/www/>
     Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride None
     Require all granted
</Directory>

to

<Directory /var/www/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
</Directory>

Step-2:Enable mod_rewrite for Apache 

sudo a2enmod rewrite

sudo systemctl restart apache2