Apache2 mod_rewrite won't work

conf file:

<VirtualHost *:27010>
    DocumentRoot /var/www/test/public_html
    <Directory /vaw/www/test/public_html>
            AllowOverride ALL
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

ports: Listen 27010

/var/www/test/public_html/.htaccess:

RewriteEngine on

gives error:

/var/www/test/public_html/.htaccess: RewriteEngine not allowed here

Please help. Tried restarting, tried a2ensite, a2enmod

You're writing AllowOverride ALL. It should be AllowOverride All.

From the documentation:

Directives in the configuration files are case-insensitive, but arguments to directives are often case sensitive.

As a rule, you should always follow the case used in the documentation.

Also, you can always test your apache configuration by running apachectl -t. It should catch any syntactical errors.

<VirtualHost *:27010>
    DocumentRoot /var/www/test/public_html
    <Directory /vaw/www/test/public_html>
            AllowOverride All
            Order allow,deny
            Allow from all
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

You might find this article helpful: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/howto/htaccess.html

The "Allow" Directive is pre-2.4 though. If you have apache 2.4 you should look at the "Require" directive https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_authz_core.html#require