Question
cakePHP URL rewriting not working in Ubuntu
- Posted March 15, 2015
- PHP FrameworksConfiguration ManagementUbuntu
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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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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What did the trick for me was modifying the /etc/apache2/apache2.conf Change:
To:
Reload apache after you modify it.
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.
In addition to enabling the rewrite module have you ensured that your root directory is set to
AllowOverride Allinstead of the defaultAllowOverride Nonein 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: