It is well known that aapanel does not install apache in the usual etc folder. Which is fine. The problem I am running into is the site I am installing requires mod_rewrite which is supposedly turned on according to aapanel and the httpd conf file. I checked the proper .htaccess file and it also shows that mod_rewrite should be enabled. When I go to install the site the validation tool says mod_rewrite is not enabled.
I spin up google foo and all I can find is information to check my install of Apache and run sudo a2enmod rewrite. Of course a2enmod wont run because Ubuntu doesn't see apache as installed because of where aapanel placed the installation. What might I be missing? What should I be checking?