Mod_Rewrite

[kkellish]

How to I enable Mod_Rewrite on my plesk 8.0? I am trying to install a script and don't know if my mod_rewrite was on. Please help me

[jamesyeeoc]

Check your httpd.conf file to see if mod_rewrite is available, on a RH type distro type this at the SSH shell prompt:grep 'rewrite' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.confand you should see something like:
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

[breun]

mod_rewrite is installed by default. Make sure to set 'RewriteEngine on' before your RewriteCond and RewriteRule statements.

[chris.merrill]

I have seen a lot of discussion regarding mod_rewrite..

I am new to linux as I have previously only hosted on windows.

Is it posted somewhere, a simple how-to use mod_rewrite with plesk?

I am looking for simple things like:

domain.com/content/name = domain.com/content.php?content=name

pretty simple, right?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I used the above-mentioned grep command and got the posted result. That leads me to believe it is working fine.

[breun]

There's nothing special about using mod_rewrite with Plesk. I usually refer to this mod_rewrite cheat sheet (http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/apache/mod_rewrite-cheat-sheet/).

[chris.merrill]

I assume that the rules should go into /var/www/vhosts/DOMAINNAME/conf ?

do i need to restart apache after changes?

[breun]

If you put them in conf/vhost.conf you need to reload apache (and run websrvmng if you've just created vhost.conf of course). You can also just put your mod_rewrite rules in a .htaccess file. No need to reload anything then, although supposedly by using .htaccess you sacrifice some speed as apache needs to read .htaccess for each request.

[chris.merrill]

so, when I use a .htaccess file, the syntax is the same?

[breun]

Yes. Have you even looked for info yourself?

"This module operates on the full URLs (including the path-info part) both in per-server context (httpd.conf) and per-directory context (.htaccess) (...)"
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html

[chris.merrill]

Thanks. This is my first time on linux/apache. I have hosted on IIS for about 5 years and finally made the switch.

I really appreciate the information you have provided. I definitely have enough to get going.

Thanks!!!:D