Apache VirtualHost configuration for yii2-app-advanced, one domain

application.conf

# /path/to/application/apache.conf

# UTF-8 forever!
# ==============================
AddDefaultCharset utf-8

# Main URL rewriting rules
# ==============================
RewriteEngine On
# If $showScriptName is false in UrlManager, do not allow accessing URLs with script name
RewriteRule ^(/backend)?/index.php/ - [L,R=404]
# Protect against access to special files
RewriteRule \.(htaccess|htpasswd|svn|git) - [L,R=404]

# Frontend
# ==============================
DocumentRoot /path/to/application/frontend/web
<Directory /path/to/application/frontend/web>
    Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Require all granted

    # Use mod_rewrite for pretty URL support
    RewriteEngine On
    # If a directory or a file exists, use the request directly
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    # Otherwise forward the request to index.php
    RewriteRule . index.php
</Directory>

# Backend
# ==============================
Alias /backend /path/to/application/backend/web
<Directory /path/to/application/backend/web>
    Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Require all granted

    # Use mod_rewrite for pretty URL support
    RewriteEngine On
    # If a directory or a file exists, use the request directly
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    # Otherwise forward the request to index.php
    RewriteRule . index.php
</Directory>