There is another version of apache running on my system.
When in run sudo apachectl stop I still get the "It Works" page
So I found the location of the other version that is still running and it looks to be an older version which probably came pre-installed and is located in /opt/local/apache2/.
I tested this file /opt/local/apache2/htdocs/index.html.sample by just changing the text and then checked the browser again.
Server: Apache/2.2.29 (Unix)
I want to remove that one and keep the latest version which is located in private/etc/apache2
Server version: Apache/2.4.9 (Unix)
How can I do this safely.
I managed to fix this
I ran ps aux | grep apache to see the apache processes
I then ran sudo apachectl stop
Then sudo killall -9 httpd to kill all apache processes
Then sudo apachectl restart
I went to the browser and typed localhost~/username/sitename
Bingo it works again, my system is using the correct version of apache again!
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A security sweep of my network (using Nessus) revealed that my mac is running a version of Apache (2.4.46) with a few critical vulnerabilities. I've been told I need to upgrade to at least 2.4.47. I'm having issues getting MacOS to use the upgraded version over the default one:
The default httpd is located at /usr/sbin/, which is read only even as root. As far as I'm aware upgrading the default Mac OS version is not a possibility.
Installed a newer version of Apache (v2.4.48) using Homebrew. The homebrew version is located in /usr/local/bin/httpd and as long as /usr/local/bin is before /usr/sbin in the env path it should be the preferred version.
Running httpd -v in the terminal returns v2.4.48, but the vulnerability scan is still picking up the old version of Apache
What am I missing? Why is the OS picking up the old version? Do I simply have to wait for Apple to patch it? Is it even possible to upgrade /usr/sbin/httpd?
Two things here, how to set the default apache version, and whether your machine is vulnerable.
firstly, you can have multiple versions of apache installed, and even running simultaneously (listening on different ports). Installing homebrew apache, doesn't necessarily start the server automatically, or deactivate the default (apple) apache install.
You can see which versions of apache are running on your system by using the ps command, for example on my machine:
$ ps auxw | grep httpd
_www 782 0.0 0.0 34153280 1476 ?? S 26May22 0:00.83 /usr/sbin/httpd -D FOREGROUND
and check the version:
$ /usr/sbin/httpd -v
Server version: Apache/2.4.53 (Unix)
The apple httpd service is started by launchctl, and you can stop the apple httpd service from automatically starting up as follows:
$ sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist
To automatically start homebrew apache on system startup (assuming you have already installed it - brew install httpd), run brew services start httpd
Remember that the apache configuration files will be in a different location - apple conf file is /etc/apache2/httpd.conf, whereas homebrew's is in /usr/local/etc/httpd/httpd.conf. Also the default port may well be different - apple defaults to port 80 whereas homebrew httpd listens on port 8080 by default.
Secondly, does this security issue actually matter? By default apache listens on all network interface, but unless you need to access the web server from another machine, it is safer to configure it to only listen on localhost. You can do this in the httpd.conf file, as follows:
Listen 127.0.0.1:80
This page has a good walkthrough of the various steps: https://wpbeaches.com/installing-configuring-apache-on-macos-using-homebrew/
manager-osx flicks from "Starting…" back to "Stopped" with no error, and when I run sudo /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/ctlscript.sh start apache on the command line, I get back:
Syntax OK
/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/apache2/scripts/ctl.sh : httpd started
I've tried port swapping and running sudo apachectl stop to stop the built in server (as described at XAMPP can't start Apache in mac), but no luck. Open port scan doesn't show any live Apache servers on my machine. I've reinstalled XAMPP (multiple different versions), but nothing.
Running macOS Catalina 10.15.1.
Update: I've also tried using MAMP, and it can't start Apache either.
sudo /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/xampp start
run this command to Start XAMPP on MacOS Catalina.
I’m trying to figure out why my apache doesn’t start at startup… (I would like for it to).
My OS: OSX Mojave
Impressions I’m under: that I’m running homebrew’s apache
Upon a fresh boot…
If I hit http://localhost in a browser I get
Unable to connect
Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at localhost.
Fire up terminal…
$brew services list
returns
httpd started bigpimpin /Users/bigpimpin/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.httpd.plist
php started bigpimpin /Users/bigpimpin/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.php.plist
(That first line makes me think httpd is running and I should be able to hit localhost).
$which -a apachectl
returns
/usr/local/bin/apachectl
/usr/sbin/apachectl
then
$apachectl configtest
returns
Syntax OK
then
$sudo apachectl -V
returns (among other things)
-D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="/usr/local/etc/httpd/httpd.conf"
(Isn’t this brew’s httpd.conf?)
There's a brew command (which I forget) that I already ran that is supposed to run httpd at startup.
Once I run
$sudo apachectl start
everything is jake. So it’s a low-priority question, but one I would like to solve and understand.
I had the same issue with Homebrew NGINX.
Running the brew services command with sudo solved the problem for me.
It appears that the Homebrew web-server packages require sudo to start | stop | restart.
Try running:
sudo brew services start apache2
I have a strange problem on my mac after upgrading to latest Mac OS Sierra . Whenever I edit httpd.conf in the path /etc/apache2/ and restart apache using command
# sudo apachectl restart
The changes do not take effect. I have to restart computer for changes to take effect. I have googled with no luck.
Things were working perfect for years. Has something changed in apache 2.4 ? May be it is caching config file...?
My OS version is
Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 (16G29)
My Apache version is
Apache/2.4.25 (Unix)
Please help
Edited:
I think it is due to the fact that even after stopping apache, some instances are still running.
# sudo apachectl stop
httpd (no pid file) not running
# ps au | grep apache
username 700 0.0 0.0 2432804 772 s001 S+ 1:17pm 0:00.00 grep apache
I can then kill this instance and any other instance using the following command
# kill -9 <process id>
I tried but does not seem to work. Process ID just keeps changing.
Try:
alias apache_start='sudo httpd -k start; sudo apachectl start;';
alias apache_stop='sudo apachectl stop; sudo httpd -k stop;';
I want to set up local web server using Apache and PHP on my Mac running Sierra. I followed this tutorial:
https://getgrav.org/blog/macos-sierra-apache-multiple-php-versions
And I am stuck at changing the document root from httpd.config, for whatever reason this change does not take effect at all. If I type http://localhost it still says "It works", it still uses the original html file.
Another weird thing is that apparently I can't stop apache at all. I tried running
$ sudo apachectl stop
but I still can’t access http://localhost
if I run
$ brew services list
httpd24 is stopped. What gives? What am I doing wrong?
There is an instance of apache pre-installed with macOS. So you have now two versions of apache installed. If you check:
which apachectl
you will probably obtain:
/usr/sbin/apachectl
which is the official macOS version of apachectl. Stop it with:
sudo apachectl stop
Disable the auto-loading of the pre-installed apache with (as explained in the tutorial you mentioned):
sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist 2>/dev/null
To run the homebrew version do:
brew services run httpd24
to stop it:
brew services stop httpd24
to register it to launch at login:
brew services start httpd24