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

• 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>

• User home directories

  # User home directories
  Include conf/extra/httpd-userdir.conf

• Fancy Indexing

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

* User Sites Directory

# Settings for user home directories
#
# Required module: mod_userdir

#
# UserDir: The name of the directory that is appended onto a user's home
# directory if a ~user request is received.  Note that you must also set
# the default access control for these directories, as in the example below.
#
#UserDir public_html
UserDir Sites

#
# Control access to UserDir directories.  The following is an example
# for a site where these directories are restricted to read-only.
#
#<Directory "/home/*/public_html">
#    AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit Indexes
#    Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
#    <Limit GET POST OPTIONS>
#        Order allow,deny
#        Allow from all
#    </Limit>
#    <LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS>
#        Order deny,allow
#        Deny from all
#    </LimitExcept>
#</Directory>

<Directory /Users/*/Sites>
    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