Hello, can anyone please tell me, what happened to the websharing button in system preferences? I had this always enabled on my MBP. The button is simply not there, and the Sites folder in my user folder is missing, too. What's wrong here? How can i show current webprojects to my customers on the road?
MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2008), OS X Mountain Lion
OS X Mountain Lion does not include Web Sharing as an option in the Sharing preference pane. Mountain Lion does include the Apache HTTP Server, an open-source web server. For information about enabling and using Apache, see http://httpd.apache.org.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5230?viewlocale=en_US
OS X Mountain Lion does not include Web Sharing as an option in the Sharing preference pane. Mountain Lion does include the Apache HTTP Server, an open-source web server. For information about enabling and using Apache, see http://httpd.apache.org.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5230?viewlocale=en_US
You will want to follow this site which breaks it all down for you: http://coolestguyplanettech.com/downtown/install-and-configure-apache-mysql-php- and-phpmyadmin-osx-108-mountain-lion
thanks for your response. i really have to do all this stuff instead of ticking a box?? i will not mess around with the terminal. i can't believe they removed this feature.
no more keychain sync for my macs, no more simple websharing? what gets removed next, the mouse pointer? very disappointed.
Apple, fix this. until then, i am back to Lion. thanks for nothing. crap.
You have always had to do all of that to get a PHP, MySQL, etc. all running. All Apple has done is remove the web sharing checkbox. You can still start Apache with:
sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist
sorry, this NOT true.
-download and run latest MySQL installer
-install included MySQL PrefPane and tick "run on startup"
-go to Sharing Preferences and tick "Web Sharing"
simple steps and you have a running localhost with PHP and MySQL ready.
What is not true?
Getting PHP and MySQL properly configured is more involved than that. See my User Tip for setting up a local web server on Lion: https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3083
I will update that for Mountain Lion shortly.
So every time I restart I have to open terminal and manually start apache? pita. Is there a way to make apache start on system startup, like with the former sharing preference panel? I was so excited to upgrade this weekend, but now I'm holding off.
No. Once you load it with "launchctl load -w", it will always run at startup. I have updated my User Tip above and added Mountain Lion instructions.
You can use a simple AppleScript to turn the Apache Server On or Off. Here is the script
tell application "Finder"
set Choose_app to display dialog "Start or Stop Apache" buttons {"Start", "Stop", "Cancel"} default button 3 with icon 1
if button returned of Choose_app = "Start" then
do shell script "sudo apachectl start" with administrator privileges
else if button returned of Choose_app = "Stop" then
do shell script "sudo apachectl stop" with administrator privileges
end if
end tell
This script will ask you for your admin password to complete since you are using "sudo".
The best article I've found to configure Apache on Mountain Lion is here
hey all, thanks again for all your efforts. it is still very annoying why apple removed this.
now i have to learn applescripts or terminal commands instead of a simple checkbox. it is ridiculous.
i continue to use 10.7 and all is good for me. thanks again to all responses.
You don't have to learn AppleScript. Just
Put the scrip somewhere. It is equivalent to "Checking/Unchecking" the checkbox.
As far as the rest of the Apache configuration, if you were running PHP or something else on Lion, you had to do it then or on Tiger.
Mountain Lion updated the Apache Server to the latest version. The config is simple and only involves uncommenting a few lines.
The Apache Web server is not a simple sharing feature. It takes a fair amount of technical expertise to run. Anyone who can configure Apache should be able to figure out how to start it. If you want to run it, you only have to turn it on once.
etresoft wrote:
The Apache Web server is not a simple sharing feature. It takes a fair amount of technical expertise to run. Anyone who can configure Apache should be able to figure out how to start it. If you want to run it, you only have to turn it on once.
However, if you change anything in a conf file, enable PHP for example or enable a user's Sites directory, you need to stop/start it or simply use the
sudo apachectl restart
command to "restart" it.
I think Apple is hoping people will buy Mountain Lion Server which is $20. This provides a GUI frontend for Apple Server Services as well as Web, Mail and son on. Most folks who do much testing of web apps on their Macs have used MacPorts and other utilities to get their systems working as needed to support PHP and MySQL web apps. This is an anmoying issue but really it is not a huge problem. There is something called Webmin which can be downloaded from www.webmin.com which provides a browser-based frontend to various system administrative functions on Unix which OS X happens to be under the hood.
AFAIK, installing Mountain Lion Server on a laptop won't work because it needs a static IP address, and the nature of laptops is to change IP addresses with location (work, home, WiFi in various places). Is there a strategy to get around this? I do a lot of web development and would really like to put ML Server on my MBP.
Where is web sharing?
