mod_rewrite in Apache Server

[jimjones]

It is fine now - I got htaccess in rc3 & amended according to instruction - I have a login problem, but Ill open a new post for it. Tx

[msj]

With version 1.0 (released 5/23) I too experience this endless loop of informing me mod-rewrite is disabled when it is in fact enabled. FYI: I am on Ubuntu 13.04. Also re-write works for other products like Wordpress on the same host.

[tarasm]

It can be related with some problems of access to Espo API.
Please, open this URL http://<espo-url>/api/v1/Metadata. What HTTP status response do you get? 200, 401?

If you are using virtual hosts, make sure the conf file of virtual host has: AllowOverride All

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ...
    <Directory ...>
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

[tarasm]

Finally found the cause of the problem. Server had turned off .htaccess support.
So, to get mod_rewrite to work properly should be enabled mod_rewrite and .htaccess support.

To enable .htaccess support add/edit the Server configuration settings inside your <VirtualHost> section (httpd.conf):

<Directory /PATH_TO_ESPO/>
[B] AllowOverride All[/B]
</Directory>

Afterwards run this command in a Terminal:

service apache2 restart

To enable "mod_rewrite" run those commands in a Terminal:

a2enmod rewrite 
service apache2 restart