Problem with URL rewrite (.htaccess)

[kkoutalis]

Hi all,

I've been trying to enable the URL rewrite in my 4.1.10 IPS in order to have a smartphone app developed via REST-API.

I'm downloading the .htaccess file from my adminCP and place it in the root folder of the forum (/var/www/<mydomain.ext>/vwforum/).

Once I enable the option in the forum, I get a notification that 

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The rewriting does not seem to be working. This may be because you have not uploaded the .htaccess file, but may be a false error if your community is not generally accessible. Check friendly URLs are working, and if they are not, ensure you have uploaded the .htaccess file correctly or contact technical support for assistance.

I've made sure that the rewrite module is already enabled:

# a2enmod rewrite
Module rewrite already enabled

And I seem to be stuck in a dead end.

Here's the contents of my .htaccess file:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /vwforum/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule \.(js|css|jpeg|jpg|gif|png|ico|map)(\?|$) /vwforum/404error.php [L,NC]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /vwforum/index.php [L]
</IfModule>

Any help/hints/ideas will be very much appreciated.

Cheers!

Kostas K.

[Tom Irons]

Have you renamed it properly to .htaccess?

[kkoutalis]

Hi @Hulu,

yes the file is renamed:

 

$ ls -lha .htaccess
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 325 Apr 10 17:13 .htaccess
$ more .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /vwforum/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule \.(js|css|jpeg|jpg|gif|png|ico|map)(\?|$) /vwforum/404error.php [L,NC]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /vwforum/index.php [L]
</IfModule>

$ pwd
/var/www/www.<mydomain.ext>/vwforum

[EmpireKicking]

does it work without you modifying the .htaccess?

if so then your input code is wrong.

none of the above, then I have no idea.

[kkoutalis]

the .htaccess isn't modified at all :-)

It's how I downloaded it from the Admin CP.

 

[EmpireKicking]

11 minutes ago, kkoutalis said:

the .htaccess isn't modified at all :-)

It's how I downloaded it from the Admin CP.

 

Definitely submit a ticket to the support team then! Have you uploaded it in the right location? Double check that.

 

upload it to your site's directory and rename it to '.htaccess' (with no file name). If there is already a .htaccess file, add the contents of this one to the existing.
If you are not sure how to do this, contact technical support

[kkoutalis]

Yup, it's in the right directory. I'll open up a ticket with IPB and see what they come back with.

Thanks all!