Permalinks not working Apache + CentOS 7

I have a running CentOS 7 with Apache 2 mariadb stack with vhosts and Let's Encrypt. I've installed WordPress 4.9.6 on a virtual host using debian style (sites-available -> sites-enabled).

My problem is that I cannot use permalinks. I copy my server configuration below.

getenforce 
Disabled

/etc/httpd/sites-available/example.conf:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName www.example
    ServerAlias example
    DocumentRoot /var/www/example/public_html
    ErrorLog /var/www/example/error.log
    CustomLog /var/www/example/requests.log combined
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =example [OR]
RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =www.example
RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [END,NE,R=permanent]
</VirtualHost>

/etc/httpd/sites-available/example-le-ssl.conf:

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName www.example
    ServerAlias example
    DocumentRoot /var/www/example/public_html
    ErrorLog /var/www/example/error.log
    CustomLog /var/www/example/requests.log combined
Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf
SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/example/cert.pem
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/example/privkey.pem
SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/example/chain.pem
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>

Apache configuration file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:

<Directory />
    AllowOverride none
    Require all denied
</Directory>

DocumentRoot "/var/www/html"

<Directory "/var/www">
    AllowOverride None
    Require all granted 
</Directory>

<Directory "/var/www/html">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>

Config. file on the public_html directory /var/www/example/public_html/.htaccess:

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

I've enable permalinks settings on WordPress admin:

/%postname%/

Permissions of .htaccess file are:

-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 235 Jun 24 13:54 .htaccess

sudo httpd -M shows:

(..)
 rewrite_module (shared)
(..)

I have a running CentOS 7 with Apache 2 mariadb stack with vhosts and Let's Encrypt. I've installed WordPress 4.9.6 on a virtual host using debian style (sites-available -> sites-enabled).

My problem is that I cannot use permalinks. I copy my server configuration below.

getenforce 
Disabled

/etc/httpd/sites-available/example.conf:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName www.example
    ServerAlias example
    DocumentRoot /var/www/example/public_html
    ErrorLog /var/www/example/error.log
    CustomLog /var/www/example/requests.log combined
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =example [OR]
RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =www.example
RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [END,NE,R=permanent]
</VirtualHost>

/etc/httpd/sites-available/example-le-ssl.conf:

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName www.example
    ServerAlias example
    DocumentRoot /var/www/example/public_html
    ErrorLog /var/www/example/error.log
    CustomLog /var/www/example/requests.log combined
Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf
SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/example/cert.pem
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/example/privkey.pem
SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/example/chain.pem
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>

Apache configuration file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:

<Directory />
    AllowOverride none
    Require all denied
</Directory>

DocumentRoot "/var/www/html"

<Directory "/var/www">
    AllowOverride None
    Require all granted 
</Directory>

<Directory "/var/www/html">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>

Config. file on the public_html directory /var/www/example/public_html/.htaccess:

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

I've enable permalinks settings on WordPress admin:

https://example/%postname%/

Permissions of .htaccess file are:

-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 235 Jun 24 13:54 .htaccess

sudo httpd -M shows:

(..)
 rewrite_module (shared)
(..)

• permalinks
• apache

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For the next person, be sure to set AllowOverride All in the correct directory. In Damon's case he set AllowOverride All in the /var/www/html directory, but his site is located in /var/www/example/public_html. I could be wrong, but the AllowOverride setting is specific to the directory. Damon should add the AllowOverride All setting to the /etc/httpd/sites-available/example.conf and /etc/httpd/sites-available/example-le-ssl.conf files. Without this setting the .htaccess file wordpress uses will work.