apache2

• download source from http://httpd.apache.org/

# we can comment out modules we don't want later
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache2 --mandir=/usr/local/man --infodir=/usr/local/info --enable-modules=all --enable-mods-shared=all

make

sudo make install

• virtual_hosts
• user_home_directories
• changing_the_document_root

• ServerName

  ServerName localhost

• DirectoryIndex

  DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php index.shtml default.html default.htm

• User/Group

  <IfModule !mpm_netware_module>
  #
  # If you wish httpd to run as a different user or group, you must run
  # httpd as root initially and it will switch.  
  #
  # User/Group: The name (or #number) of the user/group to run httpd as.
  # It is usually good practice to create a dedicated user and group for
  # running httpd, as with most system services.
  #
  #User daemon
  #Group daemon
  User www
  Group www
  </IfModule>

• Fancy Indexing

  # Fancy directory listings
  Include conf/extra/httpd-autoindex.conf

# you must specify the path to apachectl because Apple has one in another place
sudo /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl start

sudo /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl stop