mod_rewrite is not being enabled?

Question

I have php 5.3.8, apache 2.2.21, all is good, except mod_rewrite

by default LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so is enabled (not commented out)

ClearModuleList does not exist

AddModule mod_rewrite.c does not exist

and then you have

<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
</Directory>

still i test mod_rewrite and it's not working, what more should i do?? if it wasn't for .htaccess i would have used nginx, by the way apache was installed by default when i got the vps and then i updated it but that didn't change the httpd.conf settings

do you think i should uninstall it and reinstall it by myself??? everyone say that mod_rewrite should not be enabled by default so i don't know why my apache is different

Solution

Redirect directive belongs to mod_alias, not mod_rewrite.

To test the mod_rewrite, put the belows in .htaccess file in document root:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule (.*) http://google.com [R=301,L]

Make sure that you set AllowOverride All in <Directory "/document/root">

Comments

[user1233802]

This question should be on serverfault.

[Lynob]

@RaffaelLuthiger then please migrate it because i don't want to ask it twice and then be told that this is a duplicated question, it happened before :D

[Admin]

do you have any aliases? remove.

[Admin]

how did you test mod_rewrite? you need RewriteEngine On before RewriteRule in httpd.conf or .htaccess

[Lynob]

@mido i don't have aliases

[Lynob]

@cuttinger i tested my mod_rewrite like this Options +FollowSymLinks Redirect /google.html google.com

[Lynob]

i tested it using many ways, i get this error: the url requested was not found on the server

[Lazy Badger]

redirect and rewrite are different topics

[user1233802]

@Eli I do not have enough points to migrate it myself. I can only flag the questions. And that's what I did. I left this note to those who can migrate.

[Lazy Badger]

302 responce, I suppose, is better in common

[Lazy Badger]

Smth. like RewriteRule ^one.html$ two.html is slightly better for local tests