Problem in enabling mod_rewrite in Ubuntu - linux

I am trying to change from windows to linux server. And for that i am trying to enable mod_write in ubuntu. I have taken all the necessary steps to enable the mod_rewrite as mod_rewrite is displayed under loaded modules. I have set all the permissions for the .htacess file. But for some reason the rewrite does not appear to be working in the linux server. It was working fine while i was using the same code in windows server.
Can anyone please help me in this issue. Your help will be really appreciated.
Thanks.
Rajan.

Check if you have the AllowOverride directive set to None. This is usually done in a file which sets your VirtualHosts
NameVirtualHost 192.168.0.1:80
<VirtualHost 192.168.0.1:80>
ServerName some.local.site
DocumentRoot /home/user/site
<Directory /home/user/site>
AllowOverride None <-- set this to All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

If setting AllowOverride to ALL didn't work, you might want to debug mod_rewrite like so:
add after RewriteEngine On
RewriteLog "/var/log/httpd/mod_rw.log"
RewriteLogLevel 9

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mod_rewrite is enabled, .htaccess file is ok, but requests are not going through index.php

I've just installed ubuntu-server_6.04.2_LTS, after the fresh installation I've enabled mod_rewrite, it's showing in phpinfo()
my .htaccess file is OK
but, still requests are not going through index.php
You should check if for that specific directory (root folder of your project), apache is configured to allow overriding through .htaccess.
If you want to allow such override, the directives found in apache.conf or the specific settings for your virtual host should look like this:
<Directory /var/www/>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>

new Symfony project on apache server needs mod_rewrite code?

I have just created a new (test) symfony project and set my apache webroot to /home/user/project/ (not sure if it should be /home/user/project/web/?)
However, from what I understand based on the lightbulb section here: http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/page_creation.html#the-web-directory - there isn't any internal rerouting occurring. Therefore, this does not work:
http://localhost/random/10
but these do work:
http://localhost/app_dev.php/random/10
http://localhost/app.php/random/10
To double check, if I start the internal PHP server (php app/console server:start) then everything gets rerouted correctly - this does work:
http://localhost:8000/random/10
Am I right in thinking that I need to make changes to .htaccess? If so, is there a 'standard' section of code for using apache with symfony?
EDIT:
I have updated my apache2.conf (which for others would be httpd.conf if not on ubuntu as I understand it) as below:
<Directory /home/user/Project/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
If I remember correctly, .htaccess alredy defines DirectoryIndex as app.php. However, your Apache config file httpd.conf might be blocking the override.
Make sure that you have that line in your .htaccess and also check the value of AllowOverride (docs) within your httpd.conf. Try setting AllowOverride to All and see if that works.

apache mod_rewrite not working with .htaccess file

OK, I've been having some issues with aws or something, such that I cannot seem to get mod_rewrite to work.
Just for testing purposes I've done the following:
1 used aws console to deploy fresh ami 64 bit instance from wizard
2 yum installed apache
3 edited /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
so that
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
looks like
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
4 made sure that
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
is in the file and uncommented.
5 restarted apache:
sudo /sbin/service httpd restart
6 created two new files:
/var/www/html/test1.html
contains:
this is test1!
/var/www/html/test2.html
contains:
this is test2!
7 created file:
/var/www/html/.htaccess
contains (IN TOTAL):
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^test1\.html$ test2.html [L]
8 went to:
http://[my aws server]/test1.html
Am getting "this is test1!"
I am doing something wrong here, but for the life of me I have no idea what. Any help is greatly appreciated...
EDIT: I added nonsense chars/numbers to the beginning of my .htaccess file, and restarted apache (not 100% sure that is needed, but what the hey...), and nothing happened. In other words, I expected that going to the url [aws server]/test1.html would result in some kind of error, but it did not. I suspect apache is not even reading the .htaccess file.
EDIT: I added the following to my httpd.conf file:
RewriteLog "/tmp/rewrite.log"
RewriteLogLevel 9
The file is created when I restart apache, but nothing ever goes in there when I go to either page I've set up. I'm failing to do something very, very basic here, but I'm not sure what...
Not sure if this is the cause of your problems, but you shouldn't mess with the
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
line, and it should be something like:
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Deny from all
</Directory>
You should add the directory of your document root as a different container:
<Directory /var/www/html/>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Allow from all
</Directory>
Took me a while to find this but in some installs Apache will use multiple config files.
Look in "/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default" and check that AllowOveride is set to All
Try it. This work for me.
The first, you need to make sure the .htaccess file put in correct directory.
For this, you go to sites-enabled folder and check which the .conf files are enabled.
cd /etc/apache2/sites-enabled
ls
Ex: 000-default.conf
Then, goto sites-available folder to edit that .conf file.
cd ../sites-available
sudo gedit 000-default.conf
Find to DocumentRoot and check directory again.
If you put .htaccess file in /var/www/html/.htaccess so this line look like this:
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/
The second, You need modify <Directory> block look like this.
<Directory /var/www/html>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
# This directive allows us to have apache2's default start page
# in /apache2-default/, but still have / go to the right place
#RedirectMatch ^/$ /apache2-default/
</Directory>
Finally, you save file and restart apache
service apache2 restart
Hope this help!

apache2 rewrite rules not working

I am trying to write some rewrite rules in apache2 conf and they are not working
Following is my virtualhost block in apache conf. My os is ubuntu 12.04 server edition
DocumentRoot /var/www/xyz
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/xyz>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
#AllowOverride None
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
#Order deny,allow
allow from all
</Directory>
I have .htaccess file with some rewrite rules as follows
ReWriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/matchV/(.*) http://host:8080/$1
RewriteRule ^/other/(.*?)$ /httpdcontent/$1
rewrite module is enabled with apache.
Can someone tell me if i am missing anything.
Thanks,
Sandeep
First of all, a dollar sign seems to be missing on the first rewriting rule.
Then, I would recommend the use of [L] in "debug" situation. This way, only one rule would have to be corrected at the time.
If you need to check how the rewriting goes, you need to have a look at your log files /var/log/apache2/error.log and /var/log/apache2/access.log. They will tell you what URL the server tried to process, and how it failed. From this, you should be able to see what is missing, or what is "too much".
From what I see, I would say it has to do with the rewriting base. Your webserver root is probably at /var/www, and the directory for the virtual host is /var/www/xyz. I think you could fix it using something like...
RewriteBase /xyz
Anyway, edit the configurations, and don't stop checking the logs. From there, you'll see what URL/File the server tries to process, and you should be able to correct the paths it uses.

ubuntu returns 500 error when .htaccess enabled

I'm currently moving a dev magento build to my live test subdomain on ubuntu and using Easy Hosting Control Panel (EHCP).
If I rename my .htaccess file to .htaccess and refresh my subdomain url, I get an internal server error 500. If I rename the .htaccess file to .htaccess.bak, and refresh, the subdomain displays my magento store fine. BUT, if I try to navigate, since the index.php isn't removed in the .htaccess file, all my links are dead unless I insert index.php between my root url and the actual page/directory I'm navigating to.
I tried over riding the /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default and /etc/apache2/sites-available/default files to AllowOverride All:
<VirtualHost *>
DocumentRoot /var/www
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/vhosts/>
Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from All
</Directory>
<FilesMatch "access_log|error_log">
Deny from All
</FilesMatch>
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
LogLevel debug
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combineddefault
but changing that in either file, or both, and then reenabling the .htaccess file still gives me the 500 error.
anything I'm doing wrong here? Somewhere else I should be placing the mod rewrite information?
thanks!
I know this is kind of dead but for those with this issue check your /etc/apache2/mods-enabled to see if rewrite.load is there if not try to copy it from the /etc/apache2/mods-available folder that fixed the issue for me. You will also have to have the .htaccess override enabled for that
is it rules available?
maybe apache is disabled rewrite mod,you can try to enable.
type 'a2enmod rewrite' to turn on.

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