Ubuntu 12.04 Laravel and mod rewrite - mod-rewrite

Question

localhost/mysite/public - working
localhost/mysite/public/index.php/tasks - working
localhost/mysite/public/tasks - NOT WORKING ERROR 404
I tried almost everything and still have problem.
I have got mod rewrite on - i used : sudo a2enmod vhost_alias rewrite
and restarted the server
my .htaccess file:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
my etc/apache2/sites-avaliable/default its like:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
<Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
when I change AllowOverride to All - only "localhost/" is working but i cant run any sites like "localhost/mysite" .
I have tried to add to default file a next virtual host like:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /var/www/mysite/public/
<Directory /var/www/mysite/public/>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
but it is not working at all.

Answer 1

First, if you are using Laravel 3 make sure that you have updated /application/config/application.php and made the "application index" var to a null value, like "". https://github.com/laravel/laravel/blob/master/application/config/application.php#L42
If you've already done that, try setting up a vhost. It sounds like you are using Apache 2.
First create an additional vhosts file, for example /etc/apache2/sites-available/laravel
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost
ServerName laravel.dev
ServerAlias *.laravel.dev
DocumentRoot /home/kriss/projects/laravel/public
</VirtualHost>
Then update your /etc/hosts file and add
127.0.0.1 laravel.dev
Then (and this may be the step you missed before)
sudo a2ensite laravel
This will make a sim link in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled to your vhost config file.
Finally restart your server:
sudo service apache2 restart
You should be able to connect with the url http://laravel.dev, and your rewrites should be working.

Answer 2

Run the following command in Terminal to enable mod_rewrite.
sudo a2enmod rewrite
Now restart Apache.
sudo service apache2 restart