Saturday, March 8, 2014

Httpd or Apache on MAC os

Let say i want to run my php or html or txt page on my local machine
Choose a path, let say /etc/test Now you need to set this path in httpd.conf

$ vim /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
Find "DocumentRoot" , it might be #DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents"
uncomment it and make a change like
DocumentRoot "/etc/test"

now save the file and restart the httpd service. run
$ apachectl restart

Create a html file inside /etc/test directory
$echo "It works" > /etc/test/index.html

$ cd /etc/test python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

and open your browser and type localhost

To browse or file manager or Index all the files and folders in http directory

enable 'Indexes'
like below in httpd.conf

    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
    AllowOverride None
    Order deny,allow
    Allow from all

and do apache restart