Comments on: Configuring Apache on Leopard

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:03:08 +0000

Mario, you can create your own alias if you want to. We don’t do that as it might interfere with apple’s setup and apple might change apache with a software update. So always use /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl. You could also add /usr/local/apache2/bin to the PATH variable in bash before /usr/sbin.

By: Jr

Jr — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:54:57 +0000

Hi Richard,

Thanks for the great website. I don’t understand why when I start apachectl from /usr/local/apache2/bin

how do I change the alias? its pointing to incorrech apachectl

sh-3.2# pwd
/usr/local/apache2/bin
sh-3.2# which apachectl
/usr/sbin/apachectl

Thanks Mario

By: Kieran

Kieran — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:00:05 +0000

This means that apache is not running at all. That output is just listing the grep process that you just ran to get the result. If apache were running you would get additional line(s) indicating the full path of the httpd binary.

By: Luc Marivoet

Luc Marivoet — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:26:51 +0000

Hi Richard,

I started the httpd DIY version (sudo launchctl start com.diymacserver.apache2) but when I used your command I got following output :

macs-mac-mini:~ mac$ ps -ax | grep http
1062 ttys001 0:00.00 grep http

Any clue ?

And could you verify the Hosts i sent you ?

Thanks

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:40:56 +0000

Luc, Yes there is, use the command:

`ps -ax | grep http`

In the output is should tell you which httpd process is running.

`0:13.34 /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start`

By: Luc Marivoet

Luc Marivoet — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:21:27 +0000

Hi,

I was wondering, is there an easy way to know if the apache (DIY) is running. I tried to start through Web Sharing (system preferences) and there it worked. I know this is the original Apache and not the DIY version.

So far no luck in starting the DIY version and reach my server even locally.

Thanks for any help

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:49:29 +0000

Please note if you use the Darwin layout all the other stuff in this site may not work as it is based on the DIYMacServer layout.

In the Darwin layout the httpd.conf is located in /etc/apache2/ and apachectl is in /usr/sbin

By: Josh Powell

Josh Powell — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:41:54 +0000

I also installed the darwin installation, but when I update the httpd.conf file at /etc/httpd.conf and restart the server in /usr/local/apache2/bin with ./apachectl restart or (stop then start) it doesn’t seem to be picking up any of my changes. Any idea what’s going on?

By: ashiso

ashiso — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:56:50 +0000

OK thanks!

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:54:05 +0000

@ashiso, because you used the Darwin layout your use of the directories is different. You need to use the original configuration directory as where you found it. So in your case /etc/apache2/ is the correct location.