Message when rewrite is not set

This message appears, if the rewrite-rules are wrong. It's here, because it's a good howto.

It appears that either something went wrong or the mod rewrite configration is not correct.

If you don't use apache, just let .htaccess stay or create a empty file - then this check will pass.

We need to allow Apache to read .htaccess files located under the directory. You can do this by editing the Apache configuration file:

Find the section <directory /var/www/html> and change AllowOverride None to AllowOverride All

sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

After editing the above file your code should be like this:

<Directory /var/www/>
          Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
          AllowOverride All
          Require all granted
  </Directory>

In order to use mod_rewrite you can type the following command in the terminal:

sudo a2enmod rewrite

Restart apache2 after

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

or

sudo service apache2 restart