Monterey, view localhost website over local network?

crewmarker wrote:

I've set up a localhost server as per these awesome instructions:

Setting up a local web server on macOS 12… - Apple Community

I can view the resources in that directory correctly via a browser on the computer the localhost is set up on but I want to access the webpage from another computer on the same local network.

At the moment I get a "Forbidden" notice.

Is there a simple way to do this?

Sure. In the file /etc/apache2/users/<your short user name>.conf

comment out this line:

Require host localhost

and add this line:

Require all granted

The other computer needs to be running a web server.

The url to the other server would be something like http://other computer's IP Address.

I suspect the other computer's web server is not correctly configured. Or, you have not allowed sharing by running some third party app that claims to protect, clean, manage, etc.

How exactly are you trying to access the server?

In the local mac, are you able to type

http://localhost

and see the web page?

In the absence of a DNS name, or an entry in the /etc/hosts file, in another machine you are going to have to type the IP address of the server.

In the server, go to System Preferences->Network and make a note of the IP address - say, 192.168.1.37

Then in another machine type

http://192.168.1.37

and show work.

If not, give us more detail about how you are accessing the site, both locally and on another machine.

One other IMPORTANT detail: what port are you running your server on?

If are using software like MAMP to create your server, it typically uses a port number like 8888.

This port will be closed by default, and that is perhaps why you can't access it.

If the server is run at the default port 80, there should be no difficulty.

I just tested and had no trouble using my iPhone to access the server running on my mac.

However, running a server at 8888 did not work.

You'd have to mess with the firewall to open the needed port(s).