How to Enable .htaccess in Apache Web Server

Written by Rahul, Updated on December 15, 2018

Question:- How to enable .htaccess for Apache web server? How to enable .htaccess for Apache virtual hosts? How to enable .htaccess uses in httpd server?

The .htaccess enable the directory level configuration for the Apache server. This allows users to override the Apache global and virtual host settings.

Enable .htaccess in Apache

Edit Apache virtual host configuration file in your favorite editor and add the following Directory tag.

Update /var/www/html with your application document root.

<VirtualHost *:80>
	ServerName example.com

	# Disable .htaccess for /var/www directory for security
	<Directory "/var/www">
		Allowoverride none
	</Directory>

	# Enable .htaccess for /var/www/html directory and its subdirectories
	<Directory "/var/www/html">
		Allowoverride all
	</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

ServerName example.com

# Disable .htaccess for /var/www directory for security

Allowoverride none

</Directory>

# Enable .htaccess for /var/www/html directory and its subdirectories

Allowoverride all

</Directory>

</VirtualHost>

The first directory tag will disable using of .htaccess in /var/www directory. The second directory tag will enable the use of .htaccess under /var/www/html directory.

Enable .htaccess in Apache

Rahul

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