The server is newly deployed in AWS EC2 running Ubuntu 16.04, Apache/2.4.18 web server with PHP 7.0.33
After uploading the new Codeigniter files into the server, the route is not working. In my case, i am uploading the files to /var/www/html/myfiles and i access through IP address for example:
http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/myfiles
The files in running well in my local.
There are a few steps that need to perform in order to get it working
Step 1 — Enabling mod_rewrite
We need to activate mod_rewrite. It’s already installed, but it’s disabled on a default Apache installation. Use the a2enmod command to enable the module:
sudo a2enmod rewrite
This will activate the module or alert you that the module is already enabled. To put these changes into effect, we need to restart Apache.
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Step 2 — Enable AllowOverrideAll in default.conf
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
Inside that file, you will find a <VirtualHost *:80> block starting on the first line. Inside of that block, add the following new block so your configuration file looks like the following. Make sure that all blocks are properly indented.
/etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
<Directory /var/www/html>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
. . .
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file. To put these changes into effect, we need to restart Apache.
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Now, we need to create an .htaccess file in the web root.
sudo nano /var/www/html/.htaccess
Add this line at the top of the new file to activate the rewrite engine.
/var/www/html/.htaccess
RewriteEngine on
Save the file and exit.
Now, it working well when I access to http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/myfiles
