How to Enable .htaccess in Apache server in Ubuntu Simple Guide

To configure .htaccess file in your apache server in ubuntu. You need to modify <Directory> Tag in apache2.conf
<Directory /var/www/html/mcqbuddy>
     Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Multiviews
     AllowOverride All
     Require all granted
</Directory>
 
# AccessFileName: The name of the file to look for in each directory
# for additional configuration directives.  See also the AllowOverride
# directive.
AccessFileName .htaccess  //remove # infront of this line
One last thing enable a2enmode rewrite 
That's it .