Apache: Virtual Host and URL Rewriting inside httpd.conf for Kohana Framework

Question

I'm using the Kohana Framework 3.x. My Webserver is Apache and I use Virtual Hosts, because I manage more than one websites with my Server.

My httpd.conf looks like this:

  <VirtualHost *:80>
 ServerName www.myPage1.com
 ServerAlias myPage1.com
 DocumentRoot /var/www/myPage1
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
 ServerName www.myPage2.com
 ServerAlias myPage2.de
 DocumentRoot /var/www/myPage2
</VirtualHost>

In Kohana every http request needs to go to the index.php first. Because I dont like these ugly URLs that all starts with index.php (for example www.myPage1.com/index.php/item/detail/itemId) I used the following .htaccess file which worked perfectly

# Turn on URL rewriting
RewriteEngine On

# Installation directory
RewriteBase /

# Protect hidden files from being viewed
<Files .*>
    Order Deny,Allow
    Deny From All
</Files>

# Protect application and system files from being viewed
RewriteRule ^(?:application|modules|system)\b.* index.php/$0 [L]

# Allow any files or directories that exist to be displayed directly
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

# Rewrite all other URLs to index.php/URL
RewriteRule .* index.php/$0 [PT]

I would now like to not use a .htaccess file anymore and instead put all the rewrite logic into my httpd.conf file. The following gives me a "400 Bad Request"

<VirtualHost *:80>
 RewriteEngine On
 <Files .*>
  Order Deny,Allow
  Deny From All
 </Files>
 RewriteRule ^(?:aplication|modules|system)\b.* index.php/$0 [L]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
 RewriteRule .* index.php/$0 [PT]

 ServerName www.myPage2.com
 ServerAlias myPage2.com
 DocumentRoot /var/www/myPage2
</VirtualHost>

What am I doing wrong? Help would be appreciated!

Answer 1

You don't have a RewriteBase in your httpd.conf. And what's wrong with the .htaccess?