Enable htaccess error on Ubuntu 12.04 with Apache2

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I think you need to change this part of your /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

DocumentRoot /var/www/abc.biz
<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/abc.biz/>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride None
    Order allow,deny
    allow from all
</Directory>

to

DocumentRoot /var/www/abc.biz
<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/abc.biz/>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    allow from all
</Directory>

Because at first <Directory /> AllowOverride All you allow to override settings with your .htaccess file for the whole apache, but also you need to change it at <Directory /var/www/abc.biz/> AllowOverride All for your specific host directory, where your web site is placed. Also you should check .htaccess files placed in your /var/www/abc.biz directory to be correctly writen, because when you enable .htaccess files to override global apache settings wrong .htaccess file causes such error.

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Updated on June 05, 2022

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  • Thuong Nguyen
    Thuong Nguyen almost 2 years

    I tried to enable htaccess. I changed:

    <Directory /var/www/abc.biz/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
    </Directory>
    

    To:

    <Directory /var/www/abc.biz/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
    </Directory>
    

    But I'm getting 500 (Internal Server) error. Why?

    Here is my /etc/apache2/sites-available/default file:

    <VirtualHost *:80>
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    DocumentRoot /var/www/abc.biz
    <Directory />
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
    </Directory>
    <Directory /var/www/abc.biz/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
    </Directory>
    
    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
    <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
        AllowOverride None
        Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>
    
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    
    # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
    # alert, emerg.
    LogLevel warn
    
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
    
    Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
    <Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
        Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Order deny,allow
        Deny from all
        Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
    </Directory>
    
    </VirtualHost>