000-default.conf + htaccess, rewrite

[boxxroom]

Not sure if this to be an issue or just a configuration, however, in order for the server to honour the .htaccess file within the /app (or server root) directory I had to edit the 000-default.conf file found in /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf specifically the <Directory ... tag for the DocumentRoot. Just to add this is when using an OctoberCMS installation.

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

        DocumentRoot /var/www/html
        <Directory /var/www/>
        ...

[pimvanderheijden]

I don't know why but your suggestion did solve the problem.

[jimetevenard]

:+1: I've had the same Issue, your tip solved it !

(tag latest-1804)

The .htaccess file was not processed at all without this manual edit.
This debug process helped, also : https://stackoverflow.com/a/9234323

[esarijal]

Yes, it happens to me too

When migrating to another machine my .htaccess suddenly stop working. I add /var/www at Directory tag as suggested and voila ... my web running again

[erichmusick]

Thanks for the tip ... hit this, too, and the Directory change did the trick. I'm using the mattrayner/lamp:latest-1804-php7 Docker image.

[giles-v]

For anyone else looking, you can probably do this neatly on startup with your Dockerfile:

FROM mattrayner/lamp:latest-1804-php7

CMD ["/run.sh"]

# See https://github.com/mattrayner/docker-lamp/issues/124
RUN ["sed", "-i", "s/<Directory \\/>/<Directory \\/var\\/www\\/>/g", "/etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf"]
RUN ["apachectl", "graceful"]

[dev-clavis]

Yes <Directory /> caused problems at my setup too