500error - fresh install - RewriteEngine

[dstanley]

/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs/.htaccess: Invalid command 'RewriteEngine', perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration

This .htaccess worked on the 7.5.3 server it migrated from, perhaps mod_rewrite is not enabled, how do i find out?

 

[jamesyeeoc]

First try running these commands at the SSH prompt and post the results:

apachectl -t

locate mod_rewrite.so

(Not sure what OS you're on, but should work at least on RH OSs)

 

[dstanley]

am running on suse 9.1

/usr/lib/apache2/mod_rewrite.so
/usr/lib/apache2-prefork/mod_rewrite.so
/usr/lib/apache2-worker/mod_rewrite.so

t109:/ # /usr/sbin/apache2ctl -t
Syntax OK

 

[jamesyeeoc]

Check your httpd.conf file to make sure it has a LoadModule statement similar to the following:

LoadModule rewrite_module mod_rewrite.so

(I say 'similar' since I am not familiar with Suse)

 

[dstanley]

in the httpd.conf it referenced /etc/apache2/sysconfig.d/loadmodule.conf

so edited that to include

LoadModule rewrite_module /usr/lib/apache2-prefork/mod_rewrite.so (this was in the same file on the 7.5.3 server)

But when i exit and save and do rcapache2 restart

i check and the line has dissappeared from the file again.

 

[dstanley]

figured out how to enable mod rewrite for apache

edit: /etc/sysconfig/apache2

and add rewrite into the line of modules.