2021 Apache2 remove .html ending on website

webpage redirect to index page should just be / instead of index.html
the following rewrite does not require to change all redirect links from xxx.html to xxx at all
just change the redirect to index.html to /


Errors :
"htaccess: Invalid command 'RewriteEngine', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration"

a)check apache error log

b)vim /var/log/apache2/error.log

https://blog.codeasite.com/how-do-i-find-apache-http-server-log-files/

Enable  rewrite module

a2enmod rewrite

systemctl restart apache2

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10144634/htaccess-invalid-command-rewriteengine-perhaps-misspelled-or-defined-by-a-m

!!!!! When below procedure is done, makesure to clean browser cache @2021 to see effect, use inspector then right click refresh, then click empty cache and hard reload
1) Check apache2 config

• Go to /etc/apache2/apache2.conf 
• edit <Directory /var/www>....
• to be 

              <Directory /var/www/>

                  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
                  AllowOverride All // allow .htacess override
                 Require all granted
             </Directory>

Restart apache2
sudo service apache2 restart

2) create .htaccess file in your /var/www/domain(that services website)

and add

RewriteEngine on


RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /([^.]+)\.html [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1 [NC,L,R]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f 

RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_URI}.html [NC,L]

to the file

// This does not require to remove any .html links in your web page
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5730092/how-to-remove-html-from-url

.htaccese file need read permission by webserver



 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5730092/how-to-remove-html-from-url


Go daddy lamp server :

In .htaccess file change the following :

#example.com/page will display the contents of example.com/page.html

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f

RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1.html [L,QSA]

#301 from example.com/page.html to example.com/page

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /.*\.html\ HTTP/

RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html$ /$1 [R=301,L]

For Godaddy add:

 Options -MultiViews

For http to https redirect

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?citycentreupcc\.ca

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.citycentreupcc.ca/$1 [R,L]

Full code 

Options -MultiViews

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?citycentreupcc\.ca

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.citycentreupcc.ca/$1 [R,L]

#example.com/page will display the contents of example.com/page.html

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f

RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1.html [L,QSA]

#301 from example.com/page.html to example.com/page

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /.*\.html\ HTTP/

RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html$ /$1 [R=301,L]