cakePHP URL rewriting not working in Ubuntu

March 15, 2015 5.8k views
PHP Frameworks Configuration Management Ubuntu
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I recently installed a new droplet and followed the tutorial on the site for the installation of cakePHP on Ubuntu. I have confirmed that i have the url rewrite module in apache2 enabled (shows as shared in terminal), but when I go to my site I get a warning that URL rewriting is not properly configured. Any help would be appreciated.

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  • ryanpq MOD March 16, 2015

    In addition to enabling the rewrite module have you ensured that your root directory is set to AllowOverride All instead of the default AllowOverride None in your virutalhost configuration in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/

    This setting allows configuration in an .htaccess file to override the configuration files and do things like url rewrites. Once you have changed the configuration file be sure to restart Apache with:

    service apache2 restart
  • tahquitz March 18, 2015

    Maybe I'm missing something, but the only file in that directory is 000-default.conf and the file is empty. Admittedly I am new to this and may just be missing something.

  • lancasterjones November 14, 2015

    What did the trick for me was modifying the /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
    Change:

    <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>

    Reload apache after you modify it.

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ryanpq MOD June 7, 2016

This question was answered by @lancasterjones:

What did the trick for me was modifying the /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
Change:

<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>

Reload apache after you modify it.

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