can't locate my Webserver folder

monsterdrive · Oct 19, 2009

Hi All
Working my way through publishing a website.

Have a problem that one of you may be able to help me with.

I have an iMac 24" 2.8 Ghz Core Duo 2 running Mac OS X 10.5.8. I am searching for the Apache webserver files that should be located at /Library/Webserver/... on my hard drive. They are not there. Finder cannot locate any of the folders or files for the webserver. Despite this, I can still run and see the site at 127.0.0.1.

Anyone have any suggestions as to where these files might be located?

krs

Monsterdrive

dtravis7 · Oct 19, 2009

I am running 10.5.8 and all my files for the sites I did in iWeb are in Users/Username/Sites.

Replace Username with your account name. I hope that is what you are after.

monsterdrive · Oct 19, 2009

dtravis7 said:
I am running 10.5.8 and all my files for the sites I did in iWeb are in Users/Username/Sites.

Replace Username with your account name. I hope that is what you are after.

Unfortunately it isn't. I'm after the files that are resources for the Apache Web server - included in the O/S. I've got the server up and running (by activating web sharing in SHARED preferences) and can access the default web server page at 127.0.0.1, but I cannot locate the resource files for the server. They should be in library/webserver... but I have no such sub folder in my /library folder.

Unibody · Oct 19, 2009

It's /Library/WebServer/Documents. Make sure "Web Sharing" is on in your system preferences.

monsterdrive · Oct 19, 2009

Unibody said:
It's /Library/WebServer/Documents. Make sure "Web Sharing" is on in your system preferences.

Web sharing is on. The website is live. I can view the site in Safari. But I cannot locate /Library/WebServer/Documents through the finder.

Any ideas?

deus_ex_machina · Oct 19, 2009

Should be in HD/Library/WebServer/Documents, HD = your hard drive's name

monsterdrive · Oct 20, 2009

deus_ex_machina said:
Should be in HD/Library/WebServer/Documents, HD = your hard drive's name

Got it. Thanks deus_ex_machina

B-Ryan · Oct 26, 2009

All that sounds messy to me... Why not just keep all sites in one folder:
/Username/Sites

Then edit your http-vhost and host files to all point in one location:

Example http-vhost file (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf) entry:

Code:

#SomeSite.com
<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "/Users/yourUserName/Sites/somesite"
    ServerName somesite.dev
</VirtualHost>

Example host file (/private/etc/hosts) entry:

Code:

127.0.0.1       somesite.dev

elfuser · Feb 5, 2010

B-Ryan I actually tried that, but I keep gettinga 403 forbidden page. Any clues on that?