To enable it the rewrite module, run "apache2 enable module rewrite"
To enable it the rewrite module, run "apache2 enable module rewrite":
sudo a2enmod rewrite
You need to restart the webserver to apply the changes:
sudo service apache2 restart
If you plan on using mod_rewrite in .htaccess files, you also need to enable the use of .htaccess files by changing AllowOverride None to AllowOverride FileInfo. For the default website, edit /etc/apache2/sites-available/default:
<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
# changed from None to FileInfo
AllowOverride FileInfo
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
After such a change, you need to restart Apache again.