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I'm trying to enable mod_rewrite on an Amazon Linux instance. My Directory directives look like this:

<Directory />
    Order deny,allow
    Allow from all
    Options None
    AllowOverride None
</Directory>

<Directory "/var/www/vhosts">
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
    Options None
    AllowOverride All
</Directory>

And then further down in httpd.conf I have the LoadModule directive:

... other modules...
#LoadModule substitute_module modules/mod_substitute.so
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
#LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so
... other modules...

I have commented out all the Apache modules not needed by Wordpress.

Still when I issue http restart and then check the loaded modules with /usr/sbin/httpd -l I get only:

[root@foobar]# /usr/sbin/httpd -l
Compiled in modules:
  core.c
  prefork.c
  http_core.c
  mod_so.c

Inside the virtual host containing the Wordpress site I have an .htaccess containing:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

The .htaccess is owned by apache which is the user apache runs under. The apachectl -t command returns Syntax OK

My /etc/httpd/conf.d/vhosts.conf looks like this:

<VirtualHost *:80>
     ServerAdmin [email protected]
     ServerName foobar.net
     ServerAlias www.foobar.net
     DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/foobar/
     ErrorLog /var/www/vhosts/foobar/logs/error.log
     CustomLog /var/www/vhosts/foobar/logs/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

What am I doing wrong? What should I check?

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The LoadModule directive will load a module dynamically.

Try issuing RewriteEngine on in a virtual host followed by apachectl -t to confirm weather or not the module is actually loaded.

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  • Hi James, thanks for the answer I've added more detail to the question regarding what you pointed out. RewriteEngine is on and apachectl -t returns Syntax OK but still doesn't work.
    – Lorenzo
    Nov 5, 2012 at 16:37
  • Sorry I deleted my last comment it was wrong. You've taken this from the wordpress .htaccess file haven't you? Do you have AllowOverride all enabled in your VHost configuration?
    – James Park-Watt
    Nov 5, 2012 at 16:46
  • Hi James, yes I've taken it from WP. Yes the AllowOverride on the subdirectories of my DocumentRoot is set to All
    – Lorenzo
    Nov 5, 2012 at 16:48
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    Please try this: In the server configuration - not .htaccess add the lines RewriteEngine On and RewriteRule ^.*$ http://www.wordpress.org/ [R] to confirm if rewrite is functioning at all. It should pass all traffic to the Wordpress website.
    – James Park-Watt
    Nov 5, 2012 at 16:58
  • I deleted the .htaccess from WP and did the changes you suggested but it doesn't work.
    – Lorenzo
    Nov 5, 2012 at 17:24
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I just started a fresh amazon linux and had the same issue and the Options FollowSymLink were there but the next line AllowOverride None had to be changed to AllowOverride All

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My configuration was correct but I needed 

Options FollowSymLink

in my DocumentRoot's declaration in httpd.conf for mod_rewrite to work.

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I got the solution for this problem.....

I have changed AllowOverride None to AllowOverride all, below Options Indexes FollowSymLinks in the config file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Thanks!

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