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MarkHelms
Asked: 2018-07-13 00:10:16 +0800 CST

Apache error on SuSE : Invalid command RewriteEngine, perhaps misspelled

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Webserver: Apache 2.4 on SuSE 12, multiple vhosts

4 vhosts (2 ssl, 2 http) have RewriteEngine on and some simple rewrite rules.

mod_rewrite is available and active (checked with a2enmod -l)

Problem: if I issued a httpd -t to check the syntax, I received for the two http vhosts a warning: 

AH00526: Syntax error Invalid command 'RewriteEngine', perhaps misspelled
or defined by a module not included in the server configuration

After having added <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> ... </IfModule> lines around the rewrite blocks the warning disappeared.

Question: Why is there no warning with respect to the two ssl vhosts, which also have the RewriteEngine on, but no enclosing IfModule lines?

apache-2.4

1 Answers

  1. Uncomment this line in your apache config, or add it if it doesn't exist:

    LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

    Restart apache.

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