Apache .htaccess and mod_rewrite on Gentoo Linux

Enable mod_rewrite

# Add 'rewrite' to APACHE2_MODULES in /etc/conf.d/apache2
rc-service apache2 restart

Allow overrides in virtual host

<Directory /var/www/example.com/html>
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>

Common .htaccess recipes

Force HTTPS

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

Remove www

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

CMS front controller

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

Block dotfiles

<FilesMatch "^\.">
    Require all denied
</FilesMatch>

Gzip compression

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/css application/javascript application/json
</IfModule>