How to enable mod rewrite for Apache 2 2

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I ve got fresh install of Apache 2 2 on my Vista machine  everything works fine  except mod rewrite   I ve uncommented   LoadModule rewrite module modules mod rewrite s   but none of my rewrite rules works  even simple ones like   RewriteRule not found   DOCUMENT ROOT  index php page 404   All the rules I m using are working on my hosting  so they should be ok  so my question is  is there any hidden thing in apache configuration  that could block mod rewrite

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Open  terminal and typin a2enmod rewrite  It will enable your mod rewrite module for Apache   Then go to  etc apache2 sites-available and edit default file   For this you must have writable permissions to this file and sites-available folder    Replace below with existing lines 4 to 14   DocumentRoot  var www  lt Directory   gt  Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All  lt  Directory gt   lt Directory  var www  gt  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride All Order allow deny allow from all  lt  Directory gt    Now restart your apache by  etc init d apache2 restart or service apache2 restart  Take clean URL test again and this time it will be passed

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lt edit gt   Just noticed you said mod rewrite s instead of mod rewrite so - hope that s a typo in your question and not in the httpd conf file       lt  edit gt   I m more used to using Apache on Linux  but I had to do this the other day    First off  take a look in your Apache install directory   I ll be assuming you installed it to  C  Program Files  here   Take a look in the folder   C  Program Files Apache Software Foundation Apache2 2 modules  and make sure that there s a file called mod rewrite so in there   It should be  it s provided as part of the default install   Next  open up  C  Program Files Apache Software Foundation Apache2 2 conf  and open httpd conf  Make sure the line    LoadModule rewrite module modules mod rewrite so   is uncommented   LoadModule rewrite module modules mod rewrite so   Also  if you want to enable the RewriteEngine by default  you might want to add something like    lt IfModule mod rewrite gt      RewriteEngine On  lt  IfModule gt    to the end of your httpd conf file   If not  make sure you specify  RewriteEngine On   somewhere in your  htaccess file

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The first time I struggled with mod rewrite rules ignoring my traffic  I learned  frustratingly  that I had placed them in the wrong  lt VirtualHost gt   which meant that my traffic would ignore all of them no matter how well-written they were  Make sure this isn t happening to you     Change the log location to suit your system  RewriteLog  var log apache-rw log RewriteLogLevel 2  These parameters will activate if you perform a graceful restart of Apache  so you can recycle them in and closely monitor the mod rewrite behavior  Once your problem is fixed  turn the RewriteLogLevel back down and celebrate   In 100  of my experience  I ve found that the RewriteLog has helped me discover the problem with my rewrite rules  I can t recommend this enough  Good luck in your troubleshooting   Also  this bookmark is your best friend  http   httpd apache org docs 2 2 mod mod rewrite html rewritelog

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There are many ways how you can fix this issue  if you know the root of the issue   Problem 1  Firstly  it may be a problem with your apache not having the mod rewrite c module installed or enabled    For this reason  you would have to  enable it as follows   Open up your console and type into it  this    sudo a2enmod rewrite Restart your apache server   service apache2 restart   Problem 2   You may also  in addition to the above  if it does not work  have to change the override rule from the apache conf file  either apache2 conf  http conf   or 000-default file   Locate  Directory  var www   Change the  Override None  to  Override All    Problem 3  If you get an error stating rewrite module is not found  then probably your userdir module  is not enabled  For this reason you need to enable it     Type this into the console   sudo a2enmod userdir Then try enabling the rewrite module if still not enabled  as mentioned above     To read further on this  you can visit this site  http   seventhsoulmountain blogspot com 2014 02 wordpress-permalink-ubuntu-problem-solutions html

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Try setting  AllowOverride All      Second most common issue is not having mod rewrite enabled  a2enmod rewrite and then restart apache

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Use below command  sudo a2enmod rewrite   And the restart apache through below command  sudo service apache2 restart

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If non of the above works try editing  etc apache2 sites-enabled 000-default  almost at the top you will find   lt Directory  var www  gt      Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews     AllowOverride None     Order allow deny     allow from all  lt  Directory gt    Change the AllowOverride None to AllowOverride All  this worked for me

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For my situation  I had   RewriteEngine On   in my  htaccess  along with the module being loaded  and it was not working   The solution to my problem was to edit my vhost entry to inlcude   AllowOverride all   in the  lt Directory gt  section for the site in question

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New apache version has change in some way  If your apache version is 2 4 then you have to go to  etc apache2   There will be a file named apache2 conf  You have to edit that one you should have root permission   Change directory text like this   lt Directory  var www  gt      Options Indexes FollowSymLinks     AllowOverride All     Require all granted  lt  Directory gt    Now restart apache   service apache2 reload   Hope it works

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In Ubuntu   Run   a2enmod rewrite   and then   service apache2 restart   mod rewrite will now be enabled

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In order to use mod rewrite you can type the following command in the terminal   sudo a2enmod rewrite   Restart apache2 after  sudo  etc init d apache2 restart   or  sudo service apache2 restart   or as per new unified System Control Way  sudo systemctl restart apache2   Then  if you d like  you can use the following  htaccess file    lt IfModule mod rewrite c gt      RewriteEngine On     RewriteBase       RewriteCond   REQUEST FILENAME   -f     RewriteCond   REQUEST FILENAME   -d     RewriteRule    index php  L   lt  IfModule gt    The above  htaccess file  if placed in your DocumentRoot  will redirect all traffic to an index php file in the DocumentRoot unless the file exists   So  let s say you have the following directory structure and httpdocs is the DocumentRoot  httpdocs       htaccess     index php     images          hello png     js          jquery js     css          style css includes      app          app php   Any file that exists in httpdocs will be served to the requester using the  htaccess shown above  however  everything else will be redirected to httpdocs index php  Your application files in includes app will not be accessible

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I just did this   sudo a2enmod rewrite   then you have to restart the apache service by following command  sudo service apache2 restart

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What worked for me  in ubuntu    sudo su cd  etc apache2 mods-enabled ln    mods-available rewrite load rewrite load   Also  as already mentioned  make sure AllowOverride all is set in the relevant section of  etc apache2 sites-available default

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Old thread  just want to put that don t set AllowOverride to all instead use specific mod you want to use   AllowOverride mod rewrite mod mime   And this line should be un-commented  LoadModule rewrite module modules mod rewrite so   Refrences   http   www eschrade com page why-you-should-not-use-htaccess-allowoverride-all-in-production  https   httpd apache org docs 2 4 misc security tips html https   httpd apache org docs 2 4 rewrite avoid html

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There s obviously more than one way to do it  but I would suggest using the more standard   ErrorDocument 404  index php page 404

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