Make that folder before you set up the user configuration file described next. Once you make the Sites folder you will notice that it has a unique icon which is a throwback from a few versions older. You need to make a “ Sites” folder at the root level of your account and then it will work. This takes a bit longer to set up but some users are very accustomed to using it. The other web root directory which is missing by default is the ‘ ~/Sites’ folder in the User account. The files are shared in the filing system at – /Library/WebServer/Documents/ User Level Root – the default system document root is still found at – It is easier to use the user level one as you don’t have to keep on authenticating as an admin user. It seems there is less effort from Apple in continuing with the user level one but it still can be set up with a couple of extra tweaks in configuration files. Document Rootĭocument root is the location where the files are shared from the file system and is similar to the traditional names of ‘ public_html‘ and ‘ htdocs‘, OSX has historically had 2 web roots one at a system level and one at a user level – you can set both up or just run with one, the user level one allows multiple accounts to have their own web root whilst the system one is global for all users. This will give you an indication of what might be wrong. If you don’t get the localhost test, you can try troubleshooting Apache to see if there is anything wrong in its config file by running apachectl configtest The Apache version that comes in macOS Sierra is Apache/2.4.23Īfter starting Apache – test to see if the webserver is working in the browser – – you should see the “It Works!” text.
To start Apache web sharing sudo apachectl start Using the prefix of sudo is required for commands that have their applications protected in certain folders – when using sudo you will need to confirm with your admin password or iCloud password if set up that way…. This needs to be done in the Terminal which is found at /Applications/Utilities/Terminalįor those not familiar with the Terminal, it really isn’t as intimidating as you may think, once launched you are faced with a command prompt waiting for your commands – just type/paste in a command and hit enter, some commands give you no response – it just means the command is done, other commands give you feedback.
Web serving is possible via the inbuilt Apache app, it is installed ready to be fired up.
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