I have a few platforms (domain.com/omeka, domain.com/wordpress, domain.com/omeka-s) living alongside each other on an Azure cloud server running Ubuntu 14.04.4 and Apache 2.4. A few days ago, I tried installing an additional platform, but doing so seemed to break everything else on the server, so I removed it and reinstalled Apache. After editing the .htaccess file to remove a typo, everything worked. I left for the weekend, came back to work this morning, and everything is broken again.

By broken, I mean every URL on the server redirects to a mod_rewrite installation error page for Omeka (domain.com/install). Omeka has already been installed and running for months. MR needs to be enabled for Omeka to be installed and function properly. MR is definitely enabled.


$ sudo a2enmod rewrite
Module rewrite already enabled


I'm assuming this is a problem with either the /var/www/.htaccess file or the /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file. Here's the relevant .htaccess code that is default for Omeka:


RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule !\.php$ - [C]
RewriteRule .* - [L]

RewriteRule ^install/.*$ install/install.php [L]
RewriteRule ^admin/.*$ admin/index.php [L]
RewriteRule .* index.php


And here's the relevant(?) apache2.conf code:


<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all denied
</Directory>

<Directory /usr/share>
    AllowOverride None
    Require all granted
</Directory>

<Directory /var/www/>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>

AccessFileName .htaccess


If I remove the .htaccess file, or if I just remove some of RewriteRules, everything on the server is inaccessible (including Wordpress & Omeka-S). I'm clearly missing something. Any ideas?