In order to be able to use RewriteEngine to rewrite URLs you will need to have mod_rewrite installed for Apache. To Install it enter the line of code below into terminal. The following line will install for CentOS. This command may differ for different Linux distributions.
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yum provides \*mod_rewrite\* |
Once installed you will need to open your httpd.conf file which should be located in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf. Scroll down and make sure the mod_rewrite module is uncommented. Note: There will be a # in front of the line if it is commented out. Remove the # if it is there.
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LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so |
The final step is to allow URLs to be rewritten in your websites directory. E.G. If your site is located in /var/www/html you will need to look for a DocumentRoot block that contains the path. This was listed twice for me so make sure you check to see there isnt a DocumentRoot entry for your path more than once.
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DocumentRoot "/var/www/html" <Directory /> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride none </Directory> |
You need to change this to
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<Directory /> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All </Directory> |
Now restart apache and you should be able to add rewrite rules to your .htaccess file.
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service httpd restart |