Question
mod_rewrite not working on Apache on Ubuntu 16.04 with self-signed certificate
- Posted January 12, 2018
- ApacheLAMP StackUbuntu 16.04
I have a LAMP stack Droplet on Ubuntu 16.04. I’ve followed the tutorial to setup mod_rewrite here. If I type sudo a2enmod rewrite it indicates Module rewrite already enabled. However, the rewrite rules do not work.
This answer indicates that this might has to do with my VirtualHost *:443 settings, is that so?
Contents of /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost DocumentRoot /var/www/html
<Directory /var/www/html/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.php index.pl index.cgi index.html index.xhtml index.htm
</IfModule>
Redirect permanent "/" "https://188.166.60.249/"
</VirtualHost>
Contents of .htaccess RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L,QSA]
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Found the solution here.
In /etc/apache2/apache2.conf changed:
<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>
Last question is if this does not impose security risks…?
What is in error log ?
/var/log/apache2/error.log
PS; I followed this tutorial to add a self-signed certificate.