Already have htaccess but permalink settings not working. Getting 404

Question

I have a .htaccess file

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

the config for the vhost looks like

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName elements
    DocumentRoot /works/web/elements
    <Directory /works/web/elements>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        allow from 127.0.0.1
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

But I am still getting 404 when I view pages, why is that?

Answer 1

The problem was not having mod_rewrite enabled ...

Resolved it through

sudo a2enmod rewrite