How to enable apache2 mod_rewrite on Mac?
When we use web server as apache2 very often we need mod_rewrite rules to be enabled. In case of linux kernel based OS enabling the mod_rewrite is easy. A single command can enable it. For Mac OS it is bit different.
To enable mod_rewrite on Mac we need to the followings:
Step #1: Open the httpd.conf file
$ sudo vi /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
Step #2: Uncomment the following line
#LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache2/mod_rewrite.so to LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache2/mod_rewrite.so
Step #3: Restart the apache
$ sudo apachectl restart
This should enable the mod_rewrite for apache2
If you try using a2enmod to enable the mod_rewrite rules in Mac will not work as a2enmod was written for the Debian distribution, as it is a Debian-specific.
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