Cakephp: URL rewriting is not properly configured on your server error. How to resolve it on Ubuntu 14.04?

I am posting this blog which will help you to resolve the issue (URL rewriting is not properly configured on your server) while installing cakephp on ubuntu 14.04.

Follow the steps below to fix this issue

Step 1: Enabling mod_rewrite

First we need to activate mod_rewrite.

$ sudo a2enmod rewrite

This command will activate the module or alert you that the module is already in effect. Restart your Apache in order to put these changes into effect.

$ sudo service apache2 restart

Step 2: Configure default Apache

Open the default Apache configuration file using nano or your favorite text editor.

$ sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf

Inside that file, you will find the <VirtualHost *:80> block on line 1. Inside of that block, add the following block:

<VirtualHost *:80>
...
....
<Directory /var/www/html>
          Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
          AllowOverride All
          Order allow,deny
          allow from all
</Directory>
...
.....
</VirtualHost>

To put these changes into effect, restart Apache.

$ sudo service apache2 restart

All done!. Now refresh your page and you will see following:

Now you can continue installing cakephp.

Thanks for reading the blog