INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ------------------------- If on Ubuntu, besides the DocumentRoot, you have to change the AllowOverride from None to All as well. DocumentRoot /var/www/cydefsig/app/webroot/ Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride All Order allow,deny allow from all Find the original below, for reference. DocumentRoot /var/www Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride None Order allow,deny allow from all Now /etc/init.d/apache2 restart and you are done, and now able to use the application.