.htaccess not working (mod_rewrite)

Question

I have not having any luck getting my .htaccess with mod_rewrite working. Basically all I am trying to do is remove \'www\' from \"http://www.example.com\" and \"https://ww

Answer 1

It sounds like you are saying your mod_rewrite isn't working at all. Here's a few things to try:

You said it was enabled, but the provided info:

root@s15348441:/etc/apache2/mods-available# more rewrite.load
LoadModule rewrite_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_rewrite.so

Just shows it under the "mods-available" folder, which means it is installed, but not necessarily turned on. If it is enabled, it should be symlinked under the "mods-enabled" folder (you'll need to a2enmod it if it isn't there)

If it is enabled, and has been restarted, the next step would be to enable the logging feature of mod rewrite; this is an excellent tool for debugging.

Edited to add: You could move the mod rewrite to the base config. If you have access to it, it's recommended to put your config in the base section anyway (see here). It's also easier to determine if it has anything to do with mod_rewrite (like your allowoverrides are getting confused) or it's purely an htaccess problem.

Keeping on: (@Vinko Vrsalovic is right about this being a hard debugging medium) If you moved it to your base config and it still didn't work, then we're onto something, you've eliminated .htaccess portion. You should post the new config, along with the rewrite logs. If you didn't get a rewrite log, then 1) your config hasn't been loaded (need to restart apache) or 2) you aren't hitting the config section you think you are