: How to ensure apache2 reads htaccess for custom expiry? I have a site with Apache 2.2.22 . I have enabled the mod-expires and mod-headers modules seemingly correctly: $ apachectl -t -D DUMP_MODULES

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I have a site with Apache 2.2.22 . I have enabled the mod-expires and mod-headers modules seemingly correctly:

$ apachectl -t -D DUMP_MODULES
…
expires_module (shared)
headers_module (shared)
…

Settings include:

ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault "access plus 10 minutes"
ExpiresByType application/xml "access plus 1 minute"

Checking the headers of requests, I see that max-age is set correctly both for the generic case and for xml files (which are auto-generated, but mostly static).

I would like to have different expiries for xml files in a directory (e.g. /data), so site/data/sample.xml expires 24 hours later.

I enter the following in data/.htaccess:

ExpiresByType application/xml "access plus 24 hours"
Header set Cache-control "max-age=86400, public"

but it seems that apache ignores this.

How can I ensure apache2 uses the .htaccess directives? I can provide further information if requested.

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Since you have access to the core configuration file, it would be preferable to write it directly in there, under a directory section like so:

<Directory /var/www/data>
ExpiresByType application/xml "access plus 24 hours"
Header set Cache-control "max-age=86400, public"
</Directory>

If you really want to use an .htaccess file, make sure you have:

<Directory /var/www/data>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

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