Title: Multisite on localhost Infinite Loop definitive solution
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Multisite on localhost Infinite Loop definitive solution

 *  Resolved [aeonx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aeonx/)
 * (@aeonx)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-on-localhost-infinite-loop-definitive-solution/)
 * **The issue:**
 * When you instal multisite on localhost you’ll usually get an infinit loop redirect
   when accesing new sites admin pannel and the new site won’t load styles.
 * **The common solution:**
 * Is to set this in you .htacces file
 *     ```
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /sitename/
       RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
   
       # add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
       RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]
   
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
       RewriteRule ^ - [L]
       RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L]
       RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
       RewriteRule . index.php [L]
       ```
   
 * After tweaking this in so many ways, it still doesnt work.
 * **The definitive solution:**
 * The real trouble is that the .htaccess file is disabled by AllowOverride Setting
   so wordpress is ignoring whatever rule you set.
 * To solve this, find the Apache configuration file httpd.conf and change `AllowOverride
   None` to `AllowOverride All`, that’s it, whatever rule you set on the .htacces
   file will take effect.
 * Note that I was trying to set `AllowOverride All` directly on the .htacces file
   but the httpd.conf file has already set this to None so “No new rule will apply”
 * You may have to stop-start the sever after doing this. I’m not shure.
 * Im using **bitnami wampstack**. If you got many modules instaled on your sever,
   for instance Ive got joomla, prestashop, others, and 3 modules of wordpress. 
   In the module’s folder its another folder called conf and inside there is a file
   called httpd-app.conf wich is a short version of the config file for the server
   just for that module, You can change `AllowOverride None` to `AllowOverride All`
   there.
 * I hope this is usefull for somebody, because It took me a while to find the solution
   and could’t found any article talking about the httpd.conf file issue.
 * Just a reference here: [Here](http://smartwebdeveloper.com/apache/htaccess-problems)
 * This may work for any issue regarding to .htaccess file, I guess.

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-on-localhost-infinite-loop-definitive-solution/#post-6063562)
 * Just FYI, you’ve always needed AllowOverride All (or Options All)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Before_You_Create_A_Network#Server_Requirements](http://codex.wordpress.org/Before_You_Create_A_Network#Server_Requirements)
 * We talk about it there 🙂 Have for years.
 *  Thread Starter [aeonx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aeonx/)
 * (@aeonx)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-on-localhost-infinite-loop-definitive-solution/#post-6063566)
 * Thank you for the information, must of us miss that part, so it’s a common trouble,
   the more info on that, the better.

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-on-localhost-infinite-loop-definitive-solution/#post-6063566)
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