Httpd on Mac

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• httpd

Installation

Httpd Installation on Mac

Start

/opt/brew/opt/httpd/bin/httpd -D FOREGROUND

Start at Boot

brew services start httpd

Directory Layout

/opt
 └── brew
      ├── Cellar
      │     └── httpd
      │          └── 2.4.58
      │               └── bin
      │                    └── httpd
      ├── etc
      │    └── httpd
      │         ├──  httpd.conf # Main configuration file
      │         └──  extra
      │               └──  httpd-ssl.conf
      ├── opt
      │    └── httpd
      │        └──  bin
      │              └──  httpd
      └── var
           ├── www   # Document root
           │    └──  index.html
           │ 
           └── homebrew
                └──  linked
                      └──  httpd

Configuration

Configure PHP

Install as shown here:

PHP Installation on Mac

Add the following to httpd.conf and restart Apache:

LoadModule php_module /opt/brew/opt/php/lib/httpd/modules/libphp.so

<FilesMatch \.php$>
  SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>

Check DirectoryIndex includes index.php

<IfModule dir_module>
    DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
</IfModule>

Miscellaneous

Set ServerName to localhost:8080.

Troubleshooting

• System httpd keeps starting in foreground