The popular open-source Web server application, an implementation of which is included in Mac OS X.
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How to turn Mac OS X Lion into a web server?
After using MAMP for ages, I found out I could actually use Snow Leopard's built-in Apache server. Now that I've upgraded to Lion, I have no idea how to do this anymore.
Do you know how to turn my ...
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How do I get my user directory working for web sharing again?
I had web sharing enabled in Lion and a web site at http://localhost/~user, where user is my User directory. When I upgraded to Mountain Lion, web sharing (Apache) remained enabled and I can go to ...
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Advantages of using MAMP stack over Mac's native Web Sharing and downloaded MySQL
I'm wondering what are the advantages of using a MAMP stack instead of Web Sharing provided with Mac natively and MySQL downloaded and installed manually?
I can see how in some cases MAMP can have ...
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Enabling Apache in Mac OS X Mountaion Lion
This is my first Mac, it's Mountain Lion, and I know how to enable Apache through Preferences -> Sharing -> Web Sharing, but how the hell do I do it in Mountain Lion?
I find that that button no ...
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How can I increase command line memory_limit for PHP with MAMP PRO?
I've edited every single php.ini on my mac (at least all the ones found by "locate") and still can't seem to increase the "memory_limit" directive for PHP.
I'm using MAMP PRO and running PHP scripts ...
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Enable URL rewriting (mod_rewrite) using .htaccess files in ~/Sites on Lion
I cannot get mod_rewrite to work on Lion. I am developing a number of websites locally, in ~/Sites, using .htaccess files. I am on 10.7.3 and I have not touched any configuration files except for ...
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How do I enable PHP on Mountain Lion OS X 10.8?
Just upgraded to Mountain Lion, and wanted to make PHP work on the built-in version of Apache.
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Configuring SSL with Apache under Lion
Following on from my previous question (which I answered myself),
Configuring OS X 10.7 Lion Server to serve Rails Apps via Apache
...I'm now looking to set up SSL.
Again, I have the config working ...
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Accessing Mac's Virtual Hosts from Parallel's XP
I am having problem with accessing Virtual Hosts (located on my Mac) from XP installed via Parallels.
Here's the setup:
Mac OS X 10.6.6
using pre-installed apache running via Web Sharing (not ...
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2answers
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How can I show other people my Sites folder?
I did my first website today using iWeb and I placed it inside the sites folder. From what I understand, this should enable me to show other people my site with this address:
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Mac OS X Server 10.6.7: Disable Apache?
I'm doing some Rails dev, and I'm trying to get Pow running. After making the appropriate symlink, if I try to go to idealm_web.dev/ (idealm_web being the name of my Rails project), I get this:
I ...
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How do I stop Apache from starting up automatically?
I'm running Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2 and Web Sharing is turned off in System Prefs.
I don't think this is specifically related to Lion.
Basically, I'm a frontend developer and there are always backend ...
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1answer
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Which php.ini file do I have to edit on Mountain Lion?
I recently upgraded to Mountain Lion and reconfigured my apache2 (https.conf) file in the terminal to load PHP and start automatically.
My localhost/~username/phpinfo.php page comes up to show my ...
3
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1answer
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What permissions do I need to give for my server setup?
I am trying to have a server setup for my web app locally on my MacBook Pro. I have installed Apache, PHP successfully and checked out my web app's code to /var/www location. Now there's a script in ...
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Web Sharing Apache Localhost - Access permissions
I want to install phpMyAdmin on the native Apache webserver that is bundled with Mac OS X 10.6. I turned on Web Sharing in System Preferences. Yet, me fear is that my computer is granting access to ...
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How do I set which Apache / PHP 10.6 should run?
All my problems stemmed from trying to get mcrypt for PHP installed. Last night I gave in and followed a tutorial of how to do a totally fresh apache2 and php5.3.3 install. I did this using macports
...
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1answer
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How to activate mod_rewrite on MacOSX Lion
I tried to activate the mod_rewrite module in the httpd.conf, but I do not succeed to make it work.
I'm running Lion, and my goal is to do URL rewriting in ~USER/Sites/mysite
Can someone help me ...
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1answer
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Configuring OS X 10.7 Lion Server to serve Rails Apps via Apache
I have a number of Rails Apps working just great under Snow Leopard, but would like to migrate these to Lion.
However, like many others, the rug has been pulled from under my feet by the changes that ...
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2answers
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Why does OS X's Apache server give different results using real and virtual addresses?
I'm developing a WordPress site on my Mac, running OS X 10.6.4. I'm using OS X's built-in Apache server to run the site locally during development. I've set up WordPress and connected it to OS X's ...
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2answers
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Change Web Sharing “Sites” folder to SkyDrive?
I'm building a web site. There are three Macs that I commonly use for development, depending upon my location: an iMac in San Diego, and iMac in Vegas, and a MacBook Air in all other places. As I move ...
2
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2answers
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Can I restart iTunes remotely from my iPhone/iPad?
I am running iTunes, 10.6.1 on my Mac mini running OS X Lion 10.7.4. This Mac mini has my entire media library including a ton of DVDs that were ripped and transcoded to work on Apple TV. I have 3 of ...
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1answer
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localhost shortcuts
I have php and apache enabled and a folder test located in my ~/Sites. Is there anyway to access it thanks to the address http://test.dev instead of http://localhost/~user/test ?
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What did the 10.8.2 update do to break an AMP stack's vhosts?
I updated from 10.8.1 to 10.8.2 last week and since then I have yet to get certain vhosts working on my local sandbox. Some of them work fine while others just don't work at all now when they did ...
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2answers
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Apache virtualhost - Mac OSX 10.7.3
After upgrading to Lion, all my virtualhosts stopped working. They redirect to "It works" main apache page on my device for some weird reason.
Example:
/etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1 myhost.com
...
2
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1answer
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Mac OS X Lion Server and Macports - Can they work together?
I've been using macports for my MAMP projects for quite some time, but I don't think that the command line server management for Apache and MySQL Server, both from macports, is the best way to do it. ...
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2answers
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Cannot connect to server “localhost”?
I've been developing web apps for several months now on my mac using the built in apache server and everything has been fine. I restarted my mac this morning and now when I try to connect to anything ...
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1answer
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How can I upgrade my PHP 5.3.1 to 5.3.2 on XAMPP Mac OS X?
I've just installed XAMPP on Mac OS X Snow Leopard, and everything is running correctly and setup completely well.
However, I want to install an open source project that requires PHP 5.3.2 or higher. ...
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Where is the httpd error log file on Lion?
I'm running a local web (development) server on my mac with apache installed.
I'm sure it depends on my apache config but basically I just want to run tail -f /var/log/httpd-error.log in a terminal ...
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Is there a GUI front-end to Apache for Mac OS X (Lion)?
I am using the default Apache and PHP installs that are present in OS X Lion. But I would like to make some settings (like adding Virtual Hosts to Apache) using a GUI interface. Is there such a thing?
...
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1answer
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How to configure local apache virtual hosts?
Configuring Apache for local development on Lion I've managed to clue out this much:
/private/etc/apache2/ and /etc/apache2/ are symlinked
/etc/apache2/httpd.conf is authoritative
httpd.conf draws ...
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~/Sites folder gives 403 error
This is likely a stupid question, and it should be easy, but I'm clearly not seeing it.
My local Sites directory seems to have changed permissions since using it yesterday. It's been working fine ...
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How to move the web server folder for web sharing?
How do I move the Library/WebServer/Documents folder, which contains files shown by http://localhost ? For instance, to the Desktop. Also, can the ~/Sites folder be moved too?
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How to enable ssh login for _www user?
In order to deploy files the the apache server running on OS X host I want to ssh/scp to it using the _www user.
I do not want to use root because I want to be sure that I always put the files with ...
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1answer
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Apache slow to find localhost — how can I fix?
I'm running XAMPP on my Mac, which is just an Apache and MySQL server running as my local host. When I set it up, I found port 8000 (the default) was already taken (maybe by the Apache that ships ...
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1answer
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Sharing local Apache vhost over lan without Hosts/DNS change?
I'm freelancing somewhere and want to share a local (on my MacBook) site with some LAN users via IP. The network structure, time and technical ability here don't allow me get everyone to add host ...
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Where can I find a list of MAMPs?
I'm looking for a MAMP packaging = Apache + MySQL + PHP bundled together for Mac OS X (which is my OS). Where can I find it? Is there an "official" site where I can download it from?
[ I know that ...
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Apache permissions
I'm trying to get LAMP working on OSx Lion and am having a little trouble.
Have Apache, MySQL, and PHP set up and working just fine. Have turned on "Website" under sharing in Settings. Removed the ...
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1answer
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How to control apache service on OS X (start/stop/restart/graceful restart)?
I have Apache installed on OS X and I want to know what command I can use to:
start apache
stop apache
restart apache
gracefully restart apache
Also I want to know if the commands were successful ...
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2answers
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Cannot start MySQL server with AppleScript - Snow Leopard
I've sucessfully installed MySQL server (5.5.11) on my MAC Snow Leopard. I can start the server using PreferencePane, using command line sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe but cannot use the same ...
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ASP & PHP Web Server on OS X
On Windows, I ran Xampp on port 80 for PHP/MySQL and IIS on port 8080 for ASP.
For OS X, what's the best route to take...
Should I just run Xampp for Mac for PHP/mySQL, or is there a better option ...
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Starting Apache2 on Mountain Lion
I have tried every option to get apache2 to work in Mountain Lion, and I am baffled by how impossible the task seems to be.
I just got a new iMac and on a fresh, clean install, I went about setting ...
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2answers
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How do I access my apache web-server (running locally) from Windows 7 running on Parallels?
I'm running Windows 7 from within Parallels running on MacOS X Lion. I've also setup a local apache server; I can access this server from MacOS X via any browser. I've configured this using a ...
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1answer
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Add custom options to Apache Vhost config
In Snow Leopard Server I was able to add lines to the Apache vhost files in /etc/apache2/sites in order to add custom configuration options.
In Lion Server those changes are overwritten as soon as ...
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vote
1answer
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Web Sharing does not work with FileVault?
I want to use both Web Sharing and FileVault however when I turned on FileVault, my home directory Sites folder came up in the browser as permission denied, even though the Unix permissions were 777, ...
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Restore Apache settings
I messed up my apache configuration files, is there some way to restore the apache config files (httpd.conf etc..) to default settings?
(I'm using Apache that comes shipped with OS X 10.8.2)
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Setting the config for PHP 5.3.15 and above
I have PHP 5.3.15 running on my Mac (OS 10.8.2). I have Apache running with virtual hosts. Also, I've installed FreeTDS for connecting to MSSQL. I still need to configure the /php/ext/mssql to run ...
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apache on OSX 10.8 not starting
I had Apache working on my 10.8 MPBR. I haven't used it for a few weeks, and now it doesn't seem to start. I get nothing in /private/var/log/apache2. Nothing, meaning no logging at all, error or ...
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How can I delay loading of a launchd Launch Daemon on boot?
I am running OS X Server 10.7.5 on a Mac Mini and I cannot get MacPorts’ Apache2 to start on boot. I have ensured that the Apple-supplied version of Apache is not launching and I have also ensured ...
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openURL not working?
I have my apache2 server running on my macbook pro and I have an ssh session into my iphone which runs on iOS 5.0.1. I have a folder "files" in my webroot which has a few mp3 files. When I try ...
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Setting up Lion Server on iMac but can't get remote access to the server via my associated domain name
I have been following wegotserved.com tutorial on setting up Lion Server and have hit a wall. I have static IP address which is associated with my domain name. When I try to access my domain through ...
