Apache error on SuSE : Invalid command RewriteEngine, perhaps misspelled

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Webserver: Apache 2.4 on SuSE 12, multiple vhosts

4 vhosts (2 ssl, 2 http) have RewriteEngine on and some simple rewrite rules.

mod_rewrite is available and active (checked with a2enmod -l)

Problem: if I issued a httpd -t to check the syntax, I received for the two http vhosts a warning:

AH00526: Syntax error Invalid command 'RewriteEngine', perhaps misspelled
or defined by a module not included in the server configuration

After having added <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> ... </IfModule> lines around the rewrite blocks the warning disappeared.

Question: Why is there no warning with respect to the two ssl vhosts, which also have the RewriteEngine on, but no enclosing IfModule lines?

Do the two SSL vhosts work correctly on the appropriate port? — MrWhite, Jul 12, 2018 at 9:35
In what order are the various config files loaded? If the http host configs are loaded before the mod_rewrite module, but the ssl hosts are loaded after, that would eplain it. — Jenny D, Jul 12, 2018 at 13:11

eeijlar · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-12 13:06:13Z

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Uncomment this line in your apache config, or add it if it doesn't exist:

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

Restart apache.

answered Jul 12, 2018 at 13:06

eeijlar

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What difference would this make? According to "a2enmod -l" this module is already loaded. The line you proposed is also not set in the ssh-vhosts, and httpd -t does not complain about them...
– MarkHelms
Jul 13, 2018 at 10:47
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stackoverflow.com/q/10144634/1028276
– eeijlar
Jul 13, 2018 at 11:53

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