Why is RewriteRule not working?

Question

Apache HTTP Server

There is a link https://site.ru/network , as planned, I expect a redirect (which will not be visible in the address bar) to the address https://site.ru/index.php?action=network . But for some reason this does not happen, instead the server gives an error "Not Found". What is wrong with my .htaccess file?

RewriteEngine On  
RewriteBase / 
Options +FollowSymlinks 
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?action=$1 [QSA]

Answer 1

Handling of .htaccess files is disabled and content is simply ignored.
You can enable it by adding it AllowOverride Allin the VirtualHost settings.

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?action=$1 [QSA]

In this form, there will be a loop and a 500 error. You
can eliminate the cyclic redirect like this:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?action=$1 [QSA,L]