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Question

Pretty URL's not working with HTTPS apache server

I am trying to set up an Apache server on Ubuntu 18.04, I’ve managed to install everything and enabled HTTPS.

The problem is when I enter pretty URL’s I get this message

Not Found The requested URL /prettyurl was not found on this server. Apache/2.4.29 (Ubuntu) Server at example.com Port 443

Config File

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
     ServerName example.com
     ServerAlias www.example.com
     DocumentRoot /var/www/html

     <Directory /var/www/html>
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride all
        Require all granted
     </Directory>

     ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
     CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
        ServerAdmin admin@example.com
        ServerName example.com
        ServerAlias www.example.com
        DocumentRoot /var/www/html

        <Directory /var/www/html>
            Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
            AllowOverride All
            AllowOverride All
            Require all granted
        </Directory>

        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

        RewriteEngine on
        RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =www.example.com [OR]
        RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =example.com
        RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI [END,NE,R=permanent]

</VirtualHost>

# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet

.htaccess

RewriteEngine On 

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)$ index.php?page=$1&c=$2&d=$3&e=$4 [NC,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)$ index.php?page=$1&c=$2&d=$3 [NC,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)$ index.php?page=$1&c=$2 [NC,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)$ index.php?page=$1 [NC,L]

WORKING URLS

NOT WORKING

I hope someone can help

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Web Wizard • March 19, 2019

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jarland • March 18, 2019

Greetings!

Check in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf for something like this:

<Directory /var/www/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Require all granted
</Directory>

This can override your virtual host configuration. Change AllowOverride to All and restart Apache.

Jarland

Web Wizard • March 17, 2019

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