Virtual Host is not working in Zend Framework after multiple tries at fixing things - zend-framework

Question

In both the sites-available and sites-enabled folders, I have a conf file called "zend-framework.conf". This is what I have contained in the file.
<VirtualHost *:80>
# The ServerName directive sets the request scheme, hostname and port that
# the server uses to identify itself. This is used when creating
# redirection URLs. In the context of virtual hosts, the ServerName
# specifies what hostname must appear in the request's Host: header to
# match this virtual host. For the default virtual host (this file) this
# value is not decisive as it is used as a last resort host regardless.
# However, you must set it for any further virtual host explicitly.
ServerName zendlocalhost
ServerAlias zendlocalhost
ServerAdmin root#localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/zend-framework/public
SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV "development"
<Directory /var/www/zend-framework/public>
DirectoryIndex index.php
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from All
</Directory>
# Available loglevels: trace8, ..., trace1, debug, info, notice, warn,
# error, crit, alert, emerg.
# It is also possible to configure the loglevel for particular
# modules, e.g.
#LogLevel info ssl:warn
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
# For most configuration files from conf-available/, which are
# enabled or disabled at a global level, it is possible to
# include a line for only one particular virtual host. For example the
# following line enables the CGI configuration for this host only
# after it has been globally disabled with "a2disconf".
#Include conf-available/serve-cgi-bin.conf
</VirtualHost>
# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet
This is what I have in my etc/hosts file
127.0.0.1 localhost
#127.0.1.1 lazerorca-iMac
127.0.0.1 zendlocalhost
# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
This is what I have in my ports.conf file. I get a message saying that NameVirtualHost *:80 is going to be deprecated in a later version. I tried adding that only because I saw it in another question
# If you just change the port or add more ports here, you will likely also
# have to change the VirtualHost statement in
# /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf
Listen 80
<IfModule ssl_module>
Listen 443
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_gnutls.c>
Listen 443
</IfModule>
NameVirtualHost *:80
# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet
This is the error I get when I go to http://zendlocalhost
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was
unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator at root#localhost to inform
them of the time this error occurred, and the actions you performed
just before this error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error
log.
This is what access.log says
127.0.0.1 - - [16/Dec/2014:15:05:22 -0500] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 500 798 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux i686; rv:35.0) Gecko/20100101
Firefox/35.0"
This is what the error.log says
[Tue Dec 16 15:25:20.271792 2014] [core:alert] [pid 4825] [client
127.0.0.1:60826] /var/www/zend-framework/public/.htaccess: Invalid command 'RewriteEngine', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not
included in the server configuration
I check the .htaccess file and it looks ok to me, but evidently it isn't. here is what is in the .htaccess file
RewriteEngine On
# The following rule tells Apache that if the requested filename
# exists, simply serve it.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
# The following rewrites all other queries to index.php. The
# condition ensures that if you are using Apache aliases to do
# mass virtual hosting, the base path will be prepended to
# allow proper resolution of the index.php file; it will work
# in non-aliased environments as well, providing a safe, one-size
# fits all solution.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}::$1 ^(/.+)(.+)::\2$
RewriteRule ^(.*) - [E=BASE:%1]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ %{ENV:BASE}index.php [NC,L]
Interestingly enough if I go to http://zendlocalhost/phpmyadmin it pulls up
If I go to 127.0.0.1, it pulls up the generic Ubuntu apache index.html file
I am very new to Zend as in this is my first time trying it out. i know there are some crazy URL rewriting and such. I would have thought going to the root address would have pulled up the index.php file.
Thanks in advance for your help

Answer 1

Apache doesn't understand RewriteEngine, the very first directive in your .htaccess. This means mod_rewrite is not enabled. If you're on Ubuntu, run sudo a2enmod rewrite, and then restart Apache and try again.