Ubuntu 12.04 AllowOverride All throws Internal Server Error

Question

I just created my server and I need to use .htaccess files, one of them worked and another one didn't... Apparently for .htaccess to work you need to enable AllowOverride, and so I did under: /etc/apache2/sites-available/default Changed this:

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

To this:

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

When I restart apache my whole site now throws error 500 Internal Server Error

My .htaccess file contains this:

RewriteEngine on

# if a directory or a file exists, use it directly
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

# otherwise forward it to index.php
RewriteRule . index.php

Anyone has any idea why?

Did you enable mod_rewrite ? What if your htaccess is empty ? — Justin Iurman
Of course, I thought I did, thank you! If you submit answer I will approve it! — Shepard
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Justin Iurman Justin Iurman · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-06T21:12:22

Your apache config seems fine to me.

You get 500 Internal Server Error which means your htaccess is now executed.
If you didn't enable mod_rewrite you get such errors.

Should be working as expected once mod_rewrite enabled.
Also, don't forget to add a RewriteBase (which will prevent future problems with virtual directories)

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

Ubuntu 12.04 AllowOverride All throws Internal Server Error

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