Installing Drupal 8.2.4 - Clean URLs

Question

So I have attempted to install Drupal 8.2.4 onto a dedicated server that I own.

I am running WampServer 3.0.4 64-bit with PHP 5.6.19 and MySQL 5.7.11.

I successfully get through the installation wizard and to the main page of the website however when I try to go to various pages, none of them work.

This appears to be an issue with Clean URLs. During the installation I get a warning message that Clean URLs is not enabled.

However, I have checked my apache config and rewrite_mod is enabled.

I tried to manually access the admin page @ ?q=admin/config/search/clean-urls however it just returns me to the index page.

I've taken a look over the guide here: https://www.drupal.org/node/15365

I tred modifying my httpd.conf by adding the following to the bottom:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /mms-beta
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !=/favicon.ico
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

However, then the server won't start.

I've also ensured that for /www/ the AllowOverride is set to All for the purposes of htaccess.

Can someone give me an idea as to what I need to do to get this to work?

UPDATE: So I tried adding garbage to my .htaccess file and it doesn't break, so its clear my htaccess file is not even being read.

you mean the snippet you put is in .htaccess - this looks like an .htaccess file? Depending on where you put the rewrite rules, it wont allow your server to come up. I would look at the apache error logs, it will be verbose about what is wrong, which line it does not like — Youn Elan

Resurgent Resurgent · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-28T23:39:21

Ok, solved.

You need to add an alias under Apache through the wamp tray icon and then modify the conf file.

In the conf file specify as follows:

AllowOverride All

Then delete:

require local

Now htaccess will work correctly.

Installing Drupal 8.2.4 - Clean URLs

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