How to enable mod_rewrite in LAMP on ubuntu?

Question

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS linux on my machine. I've already installed LAMP on it. Now I want to enable the mod_rewrite module. I did google a lot and tried lots of tricks but couldn't be able to enable mod_rewrite. Can anyone help me to enable the mod_rewrite? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

TL;DR version -- do the following in your terminal:

sudo a2enmod rewrite && sudo service apache2 restart

With explanations -- do the following in your terminal:

ls -l /etc/apache2/mods-available/rewrite.load    ///if it prints out rewrite.load, it's there and ready to go

sudo a2enmod rewrite   //enables the mod

ls -l /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/rewrite.load // shows created symlink

sudo vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/default   //opens the file in vi (you can also use vim or nano)

Replace occurrences of "AllowOverride None" with "AllowOverride all" as necessary

sudo service apache2 restart    ///restarts apache

Edit your virtual host entry in /etc/apache2/sites-available and add AllowOverride All to the DocumentRoot. Your virtual host should ultimately look something like this:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName example.com
  DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/example.com
  <Directory /var/www/vhosts/example.com>
    AllowOverride all
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Although this isn't suitable for production environments, it works just fine for local development.