Moving From htaccess to .conf includes

Lots of research later, the overall conclusion is that even Apache don't recommend using .htaccess when you control the server, THUS my conundrum is that I want to move away from htaccess to virtual host includes, but I don't really understand the actual include requirements. What I understand Digging through the httpd.conf file, I understand where each file is included for each virtual host. Both port 80 and 443 virtual hosts. I assume one should cover both angles for best practice??? I must create the file structure using: mkdir -p /etc/apache2/conf.d/userdata/std/2_4/pbn001/aqablog.com/ and mkdir -p /etc/apache2/conf.d/userdata/ssl/2_4/pbn001/aqablog.com/ And I put rewrite.conf into each one (replicating). What I don't understand Is it ok that the directory created and file rewrite.conf within it, are created using root? Do I just paste my .htaccess into it? I tried that, and it failed. Or do I need to still create a full structure as an include, even though its an include within the existing virtual host? i.e.


  ServerName example.org
    
# BEGIN WP Rocket v2.9.1
# Use UTF-8 encoding for anything served text/plain or text/html
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
# Force UTF-8 for a number of file formats

AddCharset UTF-8 .atom .css .js .json .rss .vtt .xml


# FileETag None is not enough for every server.

Header unset ETag


# Since we"re sending far-future expires, we don"t need ETags for static content.
# developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#etags
FileETag None




Header set X-Powered-By "WP Rocket/2.9.1"
Header unset Pragma
Header append Cache-Control "public"
Header unset Last-Modified





Header unset Pragma
Header append Cache-Control "public"




# Expires headers (for better cache control)

ExpiresActive on

# Perhaps better to whitelist expires rules? Perhaps.
ExpiresDefault                          "access plus 1 month"

# cache.appcache needs re-requests in FF 3.6 (thanks Remy ~Introducing HTML5)
ExpiresByType text/cache-manifest       "access plus 0 seconds"

# Your document html
ExpiresByType text/html                 "access plus 0 seconds"

# Data
ExpiresByType text/xml                  "access plus 0 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/xml           "access plus 0 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/json          "access plus 0 seconds"

# Feed
ExpiresByType application/rss+xml       "access plus 1 hour"
ExpiresByType application/atom+xml      "access plus 1 hour"

# Favicon (cannot be renamed)
ExpiresByType image/x-icon              "access plus 1 week"

# Media: images, video, audio
ExpiresByType image/gif                 "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/png                 "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg                "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType video/ogg                 "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType audio/ogg                 "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType video/mp4                 "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType video/webm                "access plus 1 month"

# HTC files  (css3pie)
ExpiresByType text/x-component          "access plus 1 month"

# Webfonts
ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf    "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType font/opentype             "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/x-font-woff   "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/x-font-woff2  "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/svg+xml             "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject "access plus 1 month"

# CSS and JavaScript
ExpiresByType text/css                  "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType application/javascript    "access plus 1 year"



# Gzip compression

# Active compression
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
# Force deflate for mangled headers


SetEnvIfNoCase ^(Accept-EncodXng|X-cept-Encoding|X{15}|~{15}|-{15})$ ^((gzip|deflate)\s*,?\s*)+|[X~-]{4,13}$ HAVE_Accept-Encoding
RequestHeader append Accept-Encoding "gzip,deflate" env=HAVE_Accept-Encoding
# Don"t compress images and other uncompressible content
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \
\.(?:gif|jpe?g|png|rar|zip|exe|flv|mov|wma|mp3|avi|swf|mp?g|mp4|webm|webp)$ no-gzip dont-vary



# Compress all output labeled with one of the following MIME-types

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/atom+xml \
                                 application/javascript \
                                 application/json \
                                 application/rss+xml \
                                 application/vnd.ms-fontobject \
                                 application/x-font-ttf \
                                 application/xhtml+xml \
                                 application/xml \
                                 font/opentype \
                                 image/svg+xml \
                                 image/x-icon \
                                 text/css \
                                 text/html \
                                 text/plain \
                                 text/x-component \
                                 text/xml


Header append Vary: Accept-Encoding




AddType text/html .html_gzip
AddEncoding gzip .html_gzip


SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \.html_gzip$ no-gzip



RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on [OR]
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^443$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} https
RewriteRule .* - [E=WPR_SSL:-https]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-Encoding} gzip
RewriteRule .* - [E=WPR_ENC:_gzip]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} GET
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} =""
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Cookie} !(wordpress_logged_in_|wp-postpass_|wptouch_switch_toggle|comment_author_|comment_author_email_) [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^(.*/feed/?|/wp-json/(.*))$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !^(facebookexternalhit).* [NC]
RewriteCond "%{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/cache/wp-rocket/%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}/index%{ENV:WPR_SSL}.html%{ENV:WPR_ENC}" -f
RewriteRule .* "/wp-content/cache/wp-rocket/%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}/index%{ENV:WPR_SSL}.html%{ENV:WPR_ENC}" [L]

# END WP Rocket

# BEGIN WordPress

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

# END WordPress
# BEGIN Bad Bot Blocker
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Abonti|aggregator|AhrefsBot|asterias|BDCbot|BLEXBot|BuiltBotTough|Bullseye|BunnySlippers|ca\-crawler|CCBot|Cegbfeieh|CheeseBot|CherryPicker|CopyRightCheck|cosmos|Crescent|discobot|DittoSpyder|DotBot|Download Ninja|EasouSpider|EmailCollector|EmailSiphon|EmailWolf|EroCrawler|Exabot|ExtractorPro|Fasterfox|FeedBooster|Foobot|Genieo|grub\-client|Harvest|hloader|httplib|HTTrack|humanlinks|ieautodiscovery|InfoNaviRobot|IstellaBot|Java/1\.|JennyBot|k2spider|Kenjin Spider|Keyword Density/0\.9|larbin|LexiBot|libWeb|libwww|LinkextractorPro|linko|LinkScan/8\.1a Unix|LinkWalker|LNSpiderguy|lwp\-trivial|magpie|Mata Hari|MaxPointCrawler|MegaIndex|Microsoft URL Control|MIIxpc|Mippin|Missigua Locator|Mister PiX|MJ12bot|moget|MSIECrawler|NetAnts|NICErsPRO|Niki\-Bot|NPBot|Nutch|Offline Explorer|Openfind|panscient\.com|PHP/5\.\{|ProPowerBot/2\.14|ProWebWalker|Python\-urllib|QueryN Metasearch|RepoMonkey|RMA|SemrushBot|SISTRIX|sitecheck\.Internetseer\.com|SiteSnagger|SnapPreviewBot|Sogou|SpankBot|spanner|spbot|Spinn3r|suzuran|Szukacz/1\.4|Teleport|Telesoft|The Intraformant|TheNomad|TightTwatBot|Titan|toCrawl/UrlDispatcher|True_Robot|turingos|TurnitinBot|UbiCrawler|UnisterBot|URLy Warning|VCI|WBSearchBot|Web Downloader/6\.9|Web Image Collector|WebAuto|WebBandit|WebCopier|WebEnhancer|WebmasterWorldForumBot|WebReaper|WebSauger|Website Quester|Webster Pro|WebStripper|WebZip|Wotbox|wsr\-agent|WWW\-Collector\-E|Xenu|Zao|Zeus|ZyBORG|coccoc|Incutio|lmspider|memoryBot|SemrushBot|serf|Unknown|uptime files" bad_bot
Deny from env=bad_bot
# END Bad Bot Blocker

Then repeat for SSL?



  ServerName example.org
    
      Contents here as above....
    
  # Include "/etc/apache2/conf.d/userdata/ssl/2_4/cav02/cavoodle.org/*.conf"

I'm confused over exactly how I structure this. I did the above just within the structure, disabled the .htaccess file for the site, restarted apache, and nothing.

cPanelMichael

January 19, 2017 16:11

Hello, We document the steps on custom VirualHost includes at: Modify Apache Virtual Hosts with Include Files - EasyApache 4 - cPanel Documentation

Is it ok that the directory created and file rewrite.conf within it, are created using root?

Yes, it's fine to create this files and directories as the root user.

Do I just paste my .htaccess into it? I tried that, and it failed. Or do I need to still create a full structure as an include, even though its an include within the existing virtual host?

You don't have to replicate the full VirualHost entry in the include file. Includes are the last directives in each virtual host. An include file's contents will override any value that exists in the primary configuration file. Could you provide an example of a specific .htaccess rule you are attempting to configure in the VirtualHost for a domain name? Thank you.

Moving From htaccess to .conf includes

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