Como activar o habilitar .htaccess en Apache

1. Editar el archivo /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

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we may enablemod_rewrite by editing our httpd.conf removing the comment on line from
;LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.soto
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.sowe need to change the AllowOverride directive also from
<Directory /> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None Order deny,allow Deny from all Satisfy all </Directory>to
<Directory /> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All Order deny,allow Deny from all Satisfy all </Directory>You can also rename your .htaccess file by adding the line below on you httpd.conf file
AccessFileName [filename]example: AccessFileName .configuration