Topic: Apache 2.4 and .htaccess

[bubbawny]

Hi friends!

I'm new here and new to Linux. I've got many years of development of LAMP applications and .Net applications. I'm relatively unskilled on Linux management. So I put up my own SUSE 13.2 box and I'm trying to learn how to manage it myself. I've got MySQL installed, apache, Webmin, phpMyAdmin, and two wordpress sites on separate virtual hosts.

One of the issues I'm having is with enabling .htaccess on one of the sites.

This is my vhost.d configuration:

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /srv/www/htdocs
<Directory /srv/www/htdocs>
allow from all
Options None
</Directory>
ServerName test.mysite.com
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /srv/www/htdocs2
<directory /srv/www/htdocs2>
DirectoryIndex disabled
Options Indexes
Allowoverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ServerName www.mysite.com
</VirtualHost>


both sites go to working installs of Wordpress 4.x. However, I'm tracking down WP4 problem when enabling the use of POST NAMES instead of DEFAULT. Apparently, .htaccess needs to be enabled and Wordpress will create a proper .htaccess file.

I enabled mod_rewrite for my Apache 2.4.10 site. As you can see from my vhosts.d site, I believe I've configured it for use with .htaccess files

When I visit that second site, I get a 403 forbidden. If I put in www.mysite.com/.htaccess, i get a denied. If I put in www.mysite.com/index.php, i get a 403 forbidden.

I just can't figure this out. I've created a .htaccess file, used CHMOD 755 on it, set the wwwuser to be the user on the file. (the htdocs2 folder is also set up for wwwuer. Wordpress actually created a .htaccess file. but it's not going in effect.

I've tried researching how to configure this in apache 2.4, but alot of the google sites refer to earliar versions.

Suffice it to say, I'm kindly asking for some help in figuring out how to enable use of mod_rewrite and .htaccess files.

It's driving me crazy, but then again I am an admitted noob to OpenSuse 13.2 and Linux in general.

(I'm proud of myself for getting two sites installed and configured with virtual hosts/host header support. It's been going pretty well except for this troublesome issue.)

Thank you in advance for your help. I'm grateful.

[bubbawny]

NVM. Figured it out.

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /srv/www.htdocs2
<directory /srv/www.htdocs>
Options FollowSymlinks Indexes
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ServerName www.mysite.com
</VirtualHost>