How to enable FollowSymLinks on the server

If your site shows the 404 forbidden error and the server logs shows
Options FollowSymLinks or SymLinksIfOwnerMatch is off which implies that RewriteRule directive is forbidden:
Then you need to enable the Options FollowSymLinks for your account or on the server.
For your account you need to add the following code into .htaccess file
Options +FollowSymLinks +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
or
On the server you can enable it by adding the following code into the httpd.conf file and restart the Apache.
<Directory “/”>
Options -ExecCGI FollowSymLinks -Includes -IncludesNOEXEC -Indexes -MultiViews -SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

You can also enable FollowSymLinks by using whm.
1) Login to whm
2) Go to Service Configuration>>Apache Configuration>>Global Configuration
3) Enable check box for “FollowSymLinks” and then click on the “save” button
4) then click on the “Rebuid Configuration and Restart Apache”
5) Done

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