htaccess not working apache

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I have a server from AWS EC2 service running on Linux ubuntu and I have installed apache  php  and mysql   I have added a  htaccess file in my document root  var www html   I entered this code in it   ErrorDocument 404  var www html 404 php and it is still not showing up   I kept entered this command multiple times  sudo service httpd restart to restart the server but no changes displayed     How can I fix this    Did I do something wrong   Thanks in advance

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For completeness  if  AllowOverride All  doesn t fix your problem  you could debug this problem using    Run apachectl -S and see if you have more than one namevhost  It might be that httpd is looking for  htaccess of another DocumentRoot  Use strace -f apachectl -X and look for where it s loading  or not loading   htaccess from

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If you have tried all of the above  which are all valid and good answers   and your htaccess file is not working or being read change the directive in the apache2 conf file  Under Ubuntu the path is  etc apache2 apache2 conf  Change the  lt Directory gt  directive pointing to your public web pages  where the htaccess file resides  Change from AllowOverride None to AllowOverride All   lt Directory  var www  gt  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All Require all granted  lt  Directory gt    I had the same problem and found the answer and explanation on the Ubuntu Ask  forum https   askubuntu com questions 421233 enabling-htaccess-file-to-rewrite-path-not-working

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Just follow 3 steps    Enable mode rewrite using following command  sudo a2enmod rewrite   Password will be asked  So enter your password   Update your 000-default conf or default conf file located at  etc apache2 sites-available  directory  you can not edit it directly  so use following command to open  sudo gedit  etc apache2 sites-available 000-default conf   Or      sudo gedit  etc apache2 sites-available default conf  you will get      DocumentRoot  var www html   OR      DocumentRoot  var www   line  Add following code after it    lt Directory  var www html  gt  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All Require all granted  lt  Directory gt    Make user the directory tag path is same as shown in your file          Restart your apache server using following command  sudo service apache2 restart

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I cleared this use  By using this site click Here   follow the steps  the same steps follows upto the ubuntu version 18 04

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Go to  etc apache2 apache2 conf You have to edit that file  you should have root permission   Change directory text as bellow    lt Directory  var www  gt  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All Require all granted   Now you have to restart apache  service apache2 restart

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In my experience   var www  directory directive prevents subfolder virtualhost directives  So if you had tried all suggestions and still not working and you are using virtualhosts try this     1 - Be sure that you have  AllowOverride All directive in   etc apache2 sites-available example com conf   2 - Check  var www  Directory directives in  etc apache2 apache2 conf  possibly at line 164   which looks like      lt Directory  var www  gt          Options Indexes FollowSymLinks         AllowOverride None         Require all granted  lt  Directory gt    If there is an AllowOverride None directive change it to  AllowOverride All  or just escape line

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In WampServer Open WampServer Tray icon ----  Apache ---  Apache Modules --- rewrite module

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First  note that restarting httpd is not necessary for  htaccess files   htaccess files are specifically for people who don t have root - ie  don t have access to the httpd server config file  and can t restart the server  As you re able to restart the server  you don t need  htaccess files and can use the main server config directly   Secondly  if  htaccess files are being ignored  you need to check to see that AllowOverride is set correctly  See http   httpd apache org docs 2 4 mod core html allowoverride for details  You need to also ensure that it is set in the correct scope - ie  in the right  block in your configuration  Be sure you re NOT editing the one in the  block  for example   Third  if you want to ensure that a  htaccess file is in fact being read  put garbage in it  An invalid line  such as  INVALID LINE HERE   in your  htaccess file  will result in a 500 Server Error when you point your browser at the directory containing that file  If it doesn t  then you don t have AllowOverride configured correctly

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For Ubuntu  First  run this command  -  sudo a2enmod rewrite   Then  edit the file  etc apache2 sites-available 000-default conf using nano or vim using this command  -  sudo nano  etc apache2 sites-available 000-default conf   Then in the 000-default conf file  add this after the line DocumentRoot  var www html  If your root html directory is something other  then write that  -   lt Directory   var www html  gt    AllowOverride All  lt  Directory gt    After doing everything  restart apache using the command sudo service apache2 restart

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Enable Apache mod rewrite module  a2enmod rewrite add the following code to  etc apache2 sites-available default  AllowOverride All Restart apache   etc init d apache2 restart

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By default  Apache prohibits using an  htaccess file to apply rewrite rules  so  Step 1     Enabling mod rewrite  if not Enabled  First  we need to activate mod rewrite  It s available but not enabled with a clean Apache 2 installation     sudo a2enmod rewrite   This will activate the module or alert you that the module is already enabled  To put these changes into effect  restart Apache     sudo systemctl restart apache2   mod rewrite is now fully enabled  In the next step we will set up an  htaccess file that we ll use to define rewrite rules for redirects   Step 2     Setting Up  htaccess Open the default Apache configuration file using nano or your favorite text editor     sudo nano  etc apache2 sites-available 000-default conf   Inside that file  you will find a  block starting on the first line  Inside of that block  add the following new block so your configuration file looks like the following  Make sure that all blocks are properly indented    etc apache2 sites-available 000-default conf   lt VirtualHost   80 gt       lt Directory  var www html gt          Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews         AllowOverride All         Require all granted      lt  Directory gt               lt  VirtualHost gt    Save and close the file  To put these changes into effect  restart Apache     sudo systemctl restart apache2   Done  Your  htacess should work  This link may actually help somebody https   www digitalocean com community tutorials how-to-rewrite-urls-with-mod rewrite-for-apache-on-ubuntu-16-04

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Most probably  AllowOverride is set to None  in Directory section of apache2 conf located in  etc apache2 folder  Try setting it to AllowOverride All

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use RewriteBase   your folder    on your  htaccess

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