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Digitalocean Droplet htaccess Issues | Troubleshooting

So, you’ve set up your website on DigitalOcean, but you’re facing some issues with your .htaccess file?

Don’t worry, our experts have your back,

Here are some of the commonly seen problems:

1. One of the most common issues is placing our .htaccess file in the wrong directory. Make sure it’s sitting in the root directory of your website.
2. Check if the permissions on the .htaccess file are set correctly. They should be 644, which means readable by owner, group, and others.
3. The web server may have restrictions on .htaccess usage. We have to make sure that the AllowOverride option in our server configuration files allows the directives we want to use.
4. Even a small syntax mistake can cause our .htaccess file to misbehave. So double-check every line.
5. Sometimes, the browser caches the old version of the .htaccess file, ignoring your updates. So, we have to clear the browser cache or use a different browser to see if that fixes things.

Troubleshooting Steps

Here’s what we can do to troubleshoot:

1. Confirm that the .htaccess file is in the root directory of our website.
2. Furthermore, make sure that the permissions are set correctly. If not, we have to use the `chmod 644` command in our terminal to fix them.
3. Sometimes, the mod_rewrite module may not be enabled. We can enable it by running `a2enmod rewrite` in the terminal.
4. Next, check if Apache configuration files allow overrides. Look for the AllowOverride directive and set it to All or FileInfo.
5. If changes to the .htaccess file aren’t showing up, we have to clear the browser cache and click refresh.

Solving LAMP Installation Issues

If we are getting errors after installing LAMP and using old content from another host, most probably .htaccess file is being ignored. In this case, we need to modify our virtual host configuration file to allow overrides.

Here are the steps:

1. First, open the virtual host configuration file for editing.
2. Then, change the `<Directory>` directive to include `AllowOverride All`.
3. Next, enable the website and the rewrite module, then restart Apache.

Furthermore, some of our customers faced this error message:

The requested URL was not found on this server error

In this scenario, we have to make sure the Directory directive in the Apache configuration file matches the location of our website files. Adjust it to allow overrides, then restart Apache.

By following these troubleshooting steps and specific solutions, we can handle any .htaccess-related issues on our DigitalOcean droplet and get our website running smoothly again.

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Conclusion

In brief, our Support Experts demonstrated how to deal with Digitalocean Droplet HTaccess Issues.