Apache : How to Use Rewrite Engine Inside Alias

Question

I have this alias configuration:

Alias /test/ "D:/WWW/Test/"
<Directory "D:/WWW/Test/">
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

Then inside D:/WWW/Test/ directory, I put .htaccess with the following configuration:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine on

  RewriteRule ^([^.]*\.css)$ resources/$1 [L,NC]
</IfModule>

I just want to redirect all request from localhost/test/css/* to localhost/test/resources/css/*.

But it seems that the .htaccess is ignored. Even if I put DirectoryIndex blablabla.php , browser still displays index.html.

How to solve this? Thank you.

Answer 1

You need three things:

1. Inside <Directory>, allow .htaccess files with AllowOverride All.
2. Give the required permissions of mod_rewrite with Options FollowSymLinks.
3. Inside the .htaccess, include RewriteBase /test/.