Set up local webserver on MacBook Pro Sonoma 14.5

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Set up local webserver on MacBook Pro Sonoma 14.5

I am following etresoft's article, Setting up a local web server on macOS 14 “Sonoma” (Setting up a local web server on macOS 14… - Apple Community) to set up a local web server. Things were going well until

I got to the line where I needed to enter

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist

I got the error

Load failed: 5: Input/output error

I get the index file when I go to localhost but when I go to localhost/<my username>, I get, Not Found. The requested URL was not found on this server.

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 14.5

Posted on Jul 24, 2024 9:12 PM

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Answer 1

Camelot

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Jul 31, 2024 11:41 AM in response to jeannefrombirmingham

> I get the index file when I go to localhost but when I go to localhost/<my username>

that URL would only work if there's a file in Apache's default directory named '<my username>'

If you're trying to enable per-user web sites (and have edited Apache's configuration to do so), then the appropriate URL would be http://localhost/~<my username>

(the ~ tells Apache to look in the appropriate user's directory for content, rather than the Apache default directory.

Without knowing your goal here (do you want ~username URLs? or a single unified site?), it's hard to tell you what needs changing.

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Answer 2

Aug 3, 2024 7:15 AM in response to Camelot

Thank you for your response. I recently changed from Windows to Mac and it's been a challenging adjustment. I've given up trying to install Apache and am now trying to install Herd. Hopefully, this will be a little simpler.