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Adds documentation for Forbidden errors #231

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29 changes: 21 additions & 8 deletions guides/v1.0/install-gde/prereq/apache.md
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Expand Up @@ -163,19 +163,19 @@ Use this section to enable Apache rewrites and specify <code>.htaccess</code> if
2. Locate the following block.

<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
<Directory>

3. Change the value of `AllowOverride` to `<value from Apache site>`.

<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride <value from Apache site>
Order allow,deny
allow from all
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride <value from Apache site>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
<Directory>

4. Save the file and exit the text editor.
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Continue with the next prerequisite (<a href="{{ site.gdeurl }}install-gde/prereq/php-ubuntu.html">PHP Ubuntu</a>), or start your installation by going to <a href="{{ site.gdeurl }}install-gde/install/composer-clone.html">Install Composer and clone the Magento repository</a>.

<h3 id="install-ubuntu-apache-rewrites">403 Forbidden Errors</h3>

If you encounter 403 Forbidden errors when trying to access the Magento site, you may need to update your Apache configuration or your virtual host configuration. You should make sure that Apache is allowing visitors to the site via the <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_authz_host.html#allow" target="_blank">Allow directive</a>.

For instance:

<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride <value from Apache site>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
<Directory>

<h2 id="install-prereq-apache-centos">Installing Apache on CentOS</h2>

Magento requires Apache use server rewrites. You must also specify the type of directives that can be used in <code>.htaccess</code>, which Magento uses to specify rewrite rules.
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