Upgrade to apache2 How To

[William H. Magill]

On Oct 20, 2017, at 10:10 PM, William H. Magill <magill at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> Noting that the document had not been updated in 2 years, 
> I inserted the “Notes” from the port file for Apache2 into the beginning of the HowTo document: “ How to setup Apache2"
> https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/Apache2
> 
> Nothing fancy — I just added a dated note under “Versions."
> 
> One would assume that some significant changes to the document will be needed, minimally to account for the changes in file locations.
> Similarly, I assume that the MMAP document will need to be updated as well.
> 
> ———————<cut here>------------
> October 2017 - Apache 2.4.x
> 
> In October of 2017 Apache 2.2.x was upgrade to Apache 2.4.x. This involved a significant set of changes as listed in the Notes of the portfile:
> 
> Apache2 has been migrated from the 2.2.x to the 2.4.x branch.
> 
> The install paths have been changed to no longer violate the MacPorts mtree:
> 
> 	• The binaries are now under /opt/local/sbin/ (rather than under /opt/local/apache2/bin/)
> 	• The configure files are now under /opt/local/etc/apache2/ (rather than under /opt/local/apache2/conf/)
> 	• The modules are now under /opt/local/lib/apache2/modules/ (rather than under /opt/local/apache2/modules/)
> 	• The web root is now located under /opt/local/www/apache2/html/ (rather than under /opt/local/apache2/htdocs/)
> 	• The cgi-bin is now located under /opt/local/www/apache2/cgi-bin/ (rather than under /opt/local/apache2/cgi-bin/)
> 	• The logs are now located under /opt/local/var/log/apache2/ (rather than under /opt/local/apache2/logs/)
> 	• The manual is now located under /opt/local/www/apache2/manual/ (rather than under /opt/local/apache2/manual/)
> 	• The manual (man) pages are still at /opt/local/share/apache2/man/
> You can move your htdocs and cgi-bin to the new locations, or edit /opt/local/etc/apache2/httpd.conf to point at the old locations.
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I have created a new How To document -   Apache2.4.x - https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Apache2.4.x

It is about 90% completed at the moment - I haven’t done/verified the SSL portion yet.  I expect to do that this afternoon.

I basically copied the previous document, updated the file names and eliminated a couple of items no longer relevant to High Sierra.

It now needs additional sets of eyes to proofread and verify the content.

Then someone needs to determine if the old document should be retained as Apache2 2.4.x is now the default MaPorts distribution, and modify the main HowTo page accordingly.

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And, for what it’s worth. I note that High Sierra now includes both Apache2 2.4.27 and PhP 7.1 in its distribution … already integrated.

There are a couple of tutorial blogs I found on the web:

Set up localhost on macOS High Sierra (Apache, MySQL, and PHP 7) with SSL/HTTPS
https://websitebeaver.com/set-up-localhost-on-macos-high-sierra-apache-mysql-and-php-7-with-sslhttps

Install Apache, MySQL, PHP on macOS High Sierra 10.13
https://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/install-apache-mysql-php-and-phpmyadmin-on-macos-high-sierra-10-13/

T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill

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