setting local server on yosemite

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to start it

sudo apachectl start

to stop it

sudo apachectl stop

to restart it

sudo apachectl restart

To find the Apache version

httpd -v

cd /etc/apache2/users

sudo nano username.conf

Then add the content below swapping in your ‘username’ in the code below:

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<Directory "/Users/username/Sites/"> AllowOverride All Options Indexes MultiViews Options +FollowSymLinks Require all granted </Directory>

Permissions on the file should be: permission checking ls -la

-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel  298 Jun 28 16:47 username.conf

If not you need to change…

sudo chmod 644 username.conf

sudo nano /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

And make sure these 3 modules are uncommented (the first 2 should be on a clean install):
LoadModule authz_core_module libexec/apache2/mod_authz_core.so
LoadModule authz_host_module libexec/apache2/mod_authz_host.so
LoadModule userdir_module libexec/apache2/mod_userdir.so

And also uncomment this configuration file also in httpd.conf
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-userdir.conf

Then open another Apache config file and uncomment another file:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-userdir.conf

And uncomment:
Include /private/etc/apache2/users/*.conf

Restart Apache for the new file to be read:
sudo apachectl restart