How can I enable clean URLs?

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I installed Drupal 7 on Wamp Server. I can't find any checkbox or link to enable clean URLs; I see only the Run the Clean URL Test button.

apaderno · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-02 10:49:03Z

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The settings for the clean URLs are at admin/config/search/clean-urls.
That page shows the "Enable clean URLs" checkbox only when it is possible to enable them; when the server is not configured to support them, that page shows the following message:

Clean URLs cannot be enabled. If you are directed to this page or to a Page not found (404) error after testing for clean URLs, see the online handbook.

On an Apache server, and with the default settings used from Drupal, clean URLs work if:

The mod_rewrite module is enabled for the server
The following directives are present in the Apache configuration file
```
AllowOverride All
AccessFileName .htaccess
```

edited Jan 2 '13 at 10:49

answered Jan 2 '13 at 9:16

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I needed to alter AllowOverride specifically within this section of httpd.conf: <Directory "/var/www/html"> ----- Not within the <Directory> section
– Mark
Oct 1 '15 at 14:33

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apaderno · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-05 14:20:56Z

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Enable the mod_rewrite module then restart the wampserver.

I think you can enable the mod_rewrite from the quick launch icon. Right click and view open the apache modules menu and make sure the mod_rewrite is enabled.

UPDATE:

Open the file httpd.conf inside apache installation folder and edit the following line:

# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
# It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
#   Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
#
AllowOverride None

To be:

AllowOverride All

edited Jun 5 '13 at 14:20

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answered Jan 2 '13 at 7:49

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I cannot find mod_rewrite module in the apache modules.
– sjkon
Jan 2 '13 at 8:38
I had changed the httpd.conf file. But nothing happens.
– sjkon
Jan 2 '13 at 10:13
Disable the apache service and re-enable it. If still no effect, restart your PC.
– Muhammad Reda
Jan 2 '13 at 10:16
I already done these. Any other reason?
– sjkon
Jan 2 '13 at 10:21
doesn't work. There are 3 instances of "AllowOverride" in my httpd.conf. Only 1 can be changed and the sites be served (on restart). Also believe setting ".htaccess" is a red herring: this is default. Possibly you can't actually enable Clean_URLs on a Windoze box with Apache... (?)
– mike rodent
Jan 17 '15 at 18:01

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AjitS · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-11 13:07:50Z

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How I solved my problem:

Clean URLS:

Enable the mod_rewrite with this command:
```
a2enmod rewrite
```
Then under /etc/apache2/sites-available edit the “default” file and replace Override None with Override All. This needs to be changed twice.
Restart Apache

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answered Apr 18 '13 at 12:27

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OP wants an answer which applies to Windows OS
– mike rodent
Jan 17 '15 at 17:55
I have the following configuration CentOs 6.7 Drupal 7.39 Just by changing 'AllowOverride None' to 'AllowOverride All' helped me to fix the issue. I have not done 'a2enmod rewrite'
– Anil Reddy
Oct 12 '15 at 6:59

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D34dman · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-02 18:09:16Z

Please enable rewrite_module for apache using wampserver interface.

To access it click on the green "w" icon in systray, go to apache > apache modules > click on rewrite_module.

your wampserver icon should turn red and then orange and green. If not try restarting wampserver. When the icon is green visit the apache modules again and ensure that rewrite_module is checked.

enabling rewrite_module is essentially turning on mod_rewrite, but dont know why wampserver calls it so. Hopefully it solves your issue with clean urls, you can verify its fixed by running the test again.

AjitS · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-05 11:59:10Z

For cleaning URL open Terminal -> Type the command vim /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default

It would open the 000-default file there you would see

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

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

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
    AllowOverride None
    Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log

# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn

CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
<Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
    Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
    Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
</Directory>

</VirtualHost>

So select the entire code and put this in place of the code in 000-default file.

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

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

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
    AllowOverride None
    Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log

# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn

CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
<Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
    Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
    Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
</Directory>

</VirtualHost>

Now restart the aparche server using

sudo service apache2 restart

OP using Windows box (the "W" in WAMPP). Drupal's Clean_URLs seems to be designed to work on Linux. The different platform is therefore the point of OP's post, I believe. — mike rodent, Jan 17 '15 at 17:54

kenorb · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-23 12:05:34Z

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You can use this by .htaccess file

First find this line of code in .htaccess file

#RewriteBase /

and replace it with following line of code:

RewriteBase /~yoursitename/yoursitename

Remove # from the code. Here yoursitename is the folder name after domain name like example.com/~yoursitename/yoursitename.

edited Nov 23 '15 at 12:05

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kenorb · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-23 12:07:03Z

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We need to uncomment or add the line:

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

to enable mod_rewrite Apache module.

edited Nov 23 '15 at 12:07

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answered Nov 25 '13 at 11:33

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