how to change xampp htdocs directory in OSX? - macos

I want to change XAMPP's htdocs directory. I followed the instructions to create a virtual host from this question:
Make XAMPP/Apache serve file outside of htdocs
this works fine on Windows 7, however when I try it on OSX, going to mysite.local just loads the xampp splash screen (mysite.local/xampp/index.html). I have restarted the web server. My virtual host declared in httpd-vhosts.conf is:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot Users/username/Documents/sitename.com
ServerName sitename.localhost
<Directory Users/username/Documents/sitename.com>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

Open the following file in a text editor.
/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/etc/httpd.conf
Search for "DocumentRoot", if the line below has a # in front of it than it's commented remove it and change the path between the quote
DocumentRoot "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs"
Now search for the line below and change the path between the quotes to your needs.
<Directory "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs">
NOTICE: Paths similar to ~/ won't work use the absolute path.

I would like to expand this answer for 2022.
You will have to change 3 files if you want to keep web root in another directory. Let's say that you have installed XAMPP regularly, but your httpd directory is on another volume. Let's say in work/xampp/
Open /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/apache2/conf/httpd.conf and change it to the following
Alias /bitnami/ "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/apache2/htdocs/"
Alias /bitnami "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/apache2/htdocs"
DocumentRoot "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/apache2/htdocs"
<Directory "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/apache2/htdocs">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
DocumentRoot "/Volumes/work/xampp"
<Directory "/Volumes/work/xampp">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
We have added
DocumentRoot "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/apache2/htdocs"
and the block
DocumentRoot "/Volumes/work/xampp"
<Directory "/Volumes/work/xampp">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
Open file /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf and change it to the following
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/Volumes/work/xampp"
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost yoursite.mac:80>
ServerName yoursite.mac
ServerAlias www.yoursite.mac
ServerAdmin webmaster#yoursite.mac
DocumentRoot "/Volumes/work/xampp/yoursite.mac/webroot"
ErrorLog "/Volumes/work/xampp/yoursite.mac/logs/oll.mac-error_log"
CustomLog "/Volumes/work/xampp/yoursite.mac/logs/oll.mac-access_log" common
<Directory "/Volumes/work/xampp">
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Open /etc/hosts as a sudo and add your new site to it
127.0.0.1 yoursite.mac

If you forward to a directory in your user root, then:
DocumentRoot "/Users/<your username here>/Sites"
<Directory "/Users/<your username here>/Sites">

Other than the answers mentioned above, I also had to change the line in XAMPP/xampfiles/etc/httpd.conf where it mentions username. the default was set to daemon and I changed it to my username; so there was no permission problem.

solved by editing httpd.conf
I have got this working. As per http://www.acwolf.com/blog/2009/February/xampp-virtual-hosts-mac, in OSX it is necessary to make two changes to httpd.conf, first, uncomment
#Include /Applications/xampp/etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
and second, change the user from nobody to the username you use to log into OSX. You may also need to delete your browser's cache.

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URL not found on server when uploading Laravel project

I have a Laravel project that is on a live server and I have made a copy to place in a development server. When I try to login, it says The requested URL /xxxx/login was not found on this server..
I am not quite sure what to do, as I changed my httpd.conf to
<Directory "/var/www">
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
and
<Directory "/var/www/html">
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
but I am still getting the same error after restarting apache. Is there any way to solve this?
I think you didn't config for the virtual host or you config it wrong.
You can find that config file under folder /etc/httpd/conf.d/vhosts/ Below are a sample file config:
$ cat /etc/httpd/conf.d/vhosts/yoursife.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName yourdomain.com
ServerAdmin youradmin_server_mail
DocumentRoot /your_src_path/public/
<Directory "/your_src_path/public/" >
Options FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog /your_src_path/public/logs/error_log
CustomLog /your_src_path/public/logs/access_log combined
</VirtualHost>
You can create a new file if you want.

set virtualhost in apache is not direct to my goal directory of laravel project

OS: Microsoft Windows 10
backend framework: Laravel
my goal: when I access to "http://example.domain", it can direct to laravel index.php.
httpd-vhosts.conf:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:\Apache24\htdocs\NKUST_foodpanda\public"
DirectoryIndex index.php
ServerName example.domain
ErrorLog "C:\Apache24\logs\error.log"
CustomLog "C:\Apache24\logs\access.log" combined
<Directory "C:\Apache24\htdocs\NKUST_foodpanda\public">
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
I save httpd-vhosts.conf and restart my apache, and now, when I access to "http://example.domain", it will direct to "C:\Apache24\htdocs", not "C:\Apache24\htdocs\NKUST_foodpanda\public".
I have tried with same possible scenario as yours with following entry httpd-vhost.conf. Checked it with both '' and '/' and it is working for me. Make sure to provide proper permission to your directories. If this could not work you need to provide more info.
<VirtualHost example.domain:80>
DocumentRoot "C:\Apache24\htdocs\NKUST_foodpanda\public"
DirectoryIndex index.html
ServerName example.domain
ErrorLog "C:\Apache24\logs\error.log"
CustomLog "C:\Apache24\logs\access.log" combined
<Directory "C:\Apache24\htdocs\NKUST_foodpanda\public">
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
If you want to set a newer setup in "httpd-vhosts.conf", you have to delete comment out "Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf" in "httpd.conf".
I have not notice this problem, I comment out "Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf" and set something in "httpd-vhosts.conf" at the same time, so "httpd-vhosts.conf" doesn't work.

Laravel 5.2 site on localhost/Wamp

I am trying to learn Laravel.
I created a project on c:/sites where I develop all my sites. I called it larabasic.dev
I cannot open the site in my browser, it keeps switching to www.larabasic.dev and tells me server not found.
I set up a virtual host like I did to all my other sites that works well.
I tried:
1. Changing server.php to index.php and copied the public/htaccess file to the root folder
2. Going to http://larabasic.dev/public
3. Going to http://larabasic.dev/public/index.php
4. Changing vhosts file to:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName larabasic.dev
ServerAlias larabasic.dev
DocumentRoot "c:/sites/larabasic.dev/public"
<directory "c:/sites/larabasic.dev/public">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride all
Require all granted
</directory>
</VirtualHost>
Instead of:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName larabasic.dev
ServerAlias larabasic.dev
DocumentRoot "c:/sites/larabasic.dev"
<directory "c:/sites/larabasic.dev">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride all
Require all granted
</directory>
</VirtualHost>
My hosts file has these 2 entries:
127.0.0.1 larabasic.dev And
::1 larabasic.dev
Nothing helps. Again, any other sites I have developed with plain php work fine.
What am I missing?
Thank you
I've encountered the same problem and I've fixed this by giving 127.0.0.2 to my laravel application.
First, in the hosts file, you need to redirect larabasic.dev to 127.0.0.2:
127.0.0.2 larabasic.dev
Second, you need to bind the virtual host to that IP:
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.2:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/sites/larabasic.dev/public"
ServerAdmin admin#localhost
ServerName larabasic.dev
ServerAlias www.larabasic.dev
<Directory "C:/sites/larabasic.dev/public">
AllowOverride All
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
Require local
# if you want access from other pc's on your local network
#Require ip 192.168.1
# Only if you want the world to see your site
#Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
This is my working configuration on my local machine.

Laravel on wamp

I've set up wamp and laravel with composer, and virtualhosts too. Whenever I go to my project folder 'localhost/project/', or my vhost 'project.dev', I only see the file directory of the laravel project. Yet if I go to 'project.dev/public' or 'project.dev/server.php' it works. What am I doing wrong?
You need to set your DocumentRoot (in your vhosts file) to C:\location\of\laravel\public instead of C:\location\of\laravel\
Here is an example, dont forget to also tell Apache from where it is allowed to accespt connections as well.
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "D:/wamp/www/laravel/public"
ServerName laravel.dev
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
<Directory "D:/wamp/www/laravel/public">
AllowOverride all
Require local
Require ip 192.168.1
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Apache gives me 403 Access Forbidden when DocumentRoot points to two different drives

I am getting an 403 access forbidden when attempting to open a page under a vhost where the document root is sitting on a different drive than where apache is sitting. I installed using the apachefriends release. This is my httpd-vhosts.conf file:
NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
ServerName foo.localhost
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/foo/public"
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
ServerName bar.localhost
DocumentRoot "F:/bar/public"
</VirtualHost>
When opening bar.localhost in my browser, Apache is giving me 403 Access Forbidden. I tried setting lots of different access rights, even full rights to everyone, but nothing I tried helped.
Edit: Thanks! For future reference, add 'Options indexes' within to show directory indexes.
You did not need
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews Includes ExecCGI
AllowOverride All
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from all
Require all granted
the only thing what you need is...
Require all granted
...inside the directory section.
See Apache 2.4 upgrading side:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/upgrading.html
Somewhere, you need to tell Apache that people are allowed to see contents of this directory.
<Directory "F:/bar/public">
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from All
# Any other directory-specific stuff
</Directory>
More info
For Apache 2.4.2: I was getting 403: Forbidden continuously when I was trying to access WAMP on my Windows 7 desktop from my iPhone on WiFi. On one blog, I found the solution - add Require all granted after Allow all in the <Directory> section. So this is how my <Directory> section looks like inside <VirtualHost>
<Directory "C:/wamp/www">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews Includes ExecCGI
AllowOverride All
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from all
Require all granted
</Directory>
I have fixed it with removing below code from
C:\wamp\bin\apache\apache2.4.9\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf file
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#dummy-host.example.com
DocumentRoot "c:/Apache24/docs/dummy-host.example.com"
ServerName dummy-host.example.com
ServerAlias www.dummy-host.example.com
ErrorLog "logs/dummy-host.example.com-error.log"
CustomLog "logs/dummy-host.example.com-access.log" common
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#dummy-host2.example.com
DocumentRoot "c:/Apache24/docs/dummy-host2.example.com"
ServerName dummy-host2.example.com
ErrorLog "logs/dummy-host2.example.com-error.log"
CustomLog "logs/dummy-host2.example.com-access.log" common
</VirtualHost>
And added
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost
DocumentRoot "c:/wamp/www"
ServerName localhost
ErrorLog "logs/localhost-error.log"
CustomLog "logs/localhost-access.log" common
</VirtualHost>
And it has worked like charm
Solved 403: Forbidden when visiting localhost. Using ports 80,443,3308 (the later to handle conflict with MySQL Server installation)
Windows 10, XAMPP 7.4.1, Apache 2.4.x My web files are in a separate folder.
httpd.conf - look for these lines and set it up where you have your files, mine is web folder.
DocumentRoot "C:/web"
<Directory "C:/web">
Changed these 2 lines.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost.com
DocumentRoot "C:/web/project1"
ServerName project1.localhost
<Directory "C:/web/project1">
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
to this
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost.com
DocumentRoot "C:/web/project1"
ServerName project1.localhost
<Directory "C:/web/project1">
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Add your details in your hosts file
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 project1.localhost
Stop start XAMPP, and click Apache admin (or localhost) and the wonderful XAMPP dashboard now displays! And visit your project at project1.localhost

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