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

make install

• 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 www
  Group www
  </IfModule>

• User Sites Directory

  #
  # UserDir: The name of the directory that is appended onto a user's home
  # directory if a ~user request is received.
  #
  <IfModule mod_userdir.c>
  	UserDir Sites
  </IfModule>
  
  
  #
  # Control access to UserDir directories.  The following is an example
  # for a site where these directories are restricted to read-only.
  #
  <Directory /Users/*/Sites>
  	#WMH Modified
  	#AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit Indexes
      AllowOverride All
      Options MultiViews Indexes FollowSymLinks IncludesNoExec
      <Limit GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND>
          Order allow,deny
          Allow from all
      </Limit>
      <LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND>
          Order deny,allow
          Deny from all
      </LimitExcept>
  </Directory>
  

# 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