I ran into this issue as well moving to opensuse leap from another distribution. There was more than one problem.

1. Even if rewrite_module is listed in loadmodule.conf, this file is not not read without a change to httpd.conf. You can check if the module is loaded with

   apache2ctl -M

2. As is posted elsewhere Options and AllowOverride arguments need to be placed within the relevant Directory tags.

3. If there is a subdirectory of the webserver, there needs to be a RewriteBase argument given in the .htaccess file.

Try this to get things working:

In file /etc/apache2/default-server.conf Within the <Directory> tags add or edit the Options and AllowOverride lines to

Options All
AllowOverride All

##In file /etc/apache2/loadmodule.conf add

LoadModule rewrite_module    /usr/lib64/apache2-prefork/mod_rewrite.so

##In file /etc/apache2/httpd.conf uncomment the IfDefine tags #<IfDefine !SYSCONFIG> Include /etc/apache2/loadmodule.conf #

##In file /srv/www/htdocs/NAMEOFYOURSUBDIRECTORYHERE/.htaccess add a line RewriteBase /NAMEOFYOURSUBDIRECTORYHERE

##Check if the configuration file "Syntax is OK." It will probably complain that some modules have already been loaded, but that's alright.

 apache2ctl configtest

##Restart Apache

systemctl stop apache2; sleep 5; systemctl start apache2

I ran into this issue as well moving to opensuse leap from another distribution. There was more than one problem.

1. Even if rewrite_module is listed in loadmodule.conf, this file is not not read without a change to httpd.conf. You can check if the module is loaded with

   apache2ctl -M

2. As is posted elsewhere Options and AllowOverride arguments need to be placed within the relevant Directory tags.

3. If there is a subdirectory of the webserver, there needs to be a RewriteBase argument given in the .htaccess file.

Try this to get things working:

In file /etc/apache2/default-server.conf

Within the <Directory> tags add or edit the Options and AllowOverride lines to

Options All
AllowOverride All

In file /etc/apache2/loadmodule.conf add

LoadModule rewrite_module    /usr/lib64/apache2-prefork/mod_rewrite.so

In file /etc/apache2/httpd.conf uncomment the IfDefine tags

#<IfDefine !SYSCONFIG>
  Include /etc/apache2/loadmodule.conf
#</IfDefine>

In file /srv/www/htdocs/NAMEOFYOURSUBDIRECTORYHERE/.htaccess add a line

RewriteBase /NAMEOFYOURSUBDIRECTORYHERE

Check if the configuration file "Syntax is OK."

It will probably complain that some modules have already been loaded, but that's alright.

 apache2ctl configtest

Restart Apache

systemctl stop apache2; sleep 5; systemctl start apache2