[SOLVED] 404 Problem with rewrite_engine

Helstedxd · 10-15-2010, 07:57 PM

Hi everyone

I am trying to install xmoovStream on my server.
when i open xshelper i says:

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The Apache rewrite_engine module or other URL rewriting equivalent should be enabled for nice urls

so i googled around and found i could use the command:

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a2enmod rewrite

, then i get "Module rewrite already enabled", then i googled som more and found out that i should edit the /etc/apache2/sites-available/default file from

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...
        <Directory /var/www/>
                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                AllowOverride None
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
        </Directory>
...

To:

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...
        <Directory /var/www/>
                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                AllowOverride All
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
        </Directory>
...

then i go to xshelper/ and now i get a error 404 error, but i can still access my main page, that dont uses .htaccess

how to fix this?

//Helstedxd

joec@home · 10-15-2010, 10:52 PM

This is always the most hated answer, begin by debugging /etc/hosts and /etc/sysconfig/network.

Helstedxd · 10-16-2010, 04:07 AM

as you may know, this is the newbie forum, and i don't know how to debug them? :I

bathory · 10-16-2010, 04:14 AM

You should post the .htaccess.
Also you might take a look at apache logs to see what page it's trying to retrieve and gives the 404 error.

Regards

Helstedxd · 10-16-2010, 04:26 AM

nvm i found the error -.-' it was an error in rewritebase thanks anyway

joec@home · 10-16-2010, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Helstedxd

as you may know, this is the newbie forum, and i don't know how to debug them? :I

First you would want to setup an A record in DNS that is not going to be a website, such as myserver.mydomain.com. Never use www.mydomain.com or any web hosting sub domain as it will cause problems down the road. This should point to the primary (first) IP address mounted on the server.

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myserver.mydomain.com. IN A 12.34.56.78

The setup /etc/hosts

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127.0.0.1     localhost.localdomain     localhost
::1           localhost6.localdomain6   localhost6
12.34.56.78   myserver.mydomain.com     myserver

Once completed then reboot the server, this is one of the few events that Linux needs to be rebooted. Even if you do not have problems now and everything is working it is still a good idea to go through these steps. If will save you tons of headaches down the road.