I can’t run .htaccess files on my website. How can I enable it? I am using Centos 7 with apache.
I tried editing /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and added
<VirtualHost *:80> ServerName example.com
Disable .htaccess for /var/www directory for security
<Directory “/var/www”> Allowoverride none </Directory>
Enable .htaccess for /var/www/html directory and its subdirectories
<Directory “/var/www/html”> Allowoverride all </Directory> </VirtualHost>
But it doesn’t work…
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Okay I find it… Open /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and search this: AllowOverride controls what And edit AllowOverride to All
Hi @dtorgul,
Don’t worry my dude, Use the following configuration in your Apache Virtual host configuration file.
<VirtualHost *:80>
# Admin email, Server Name (domain name), and any aliases
ServerAdmin webmaster@example.com
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
# Index file and Document Root (where the public files are located)
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/example.com/public_html
<Directory /var/www/html/example.com/public_html>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
# Log file locations
LogLevel warn
ErrorLog /var/www/html/example.com/log/error.log
CustomLog /var/www/html/example.com/log/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Please specify the exact location of website root directory (/var/www/html/example.com/public_html) in the configuration.
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