Hello,
After upgrading to OS X Mountain Lion, the option of Web Sharing in "System Performances -> Sharing" is gone.
Wonder if there is anyway to turn it on again (even via command line)?
Well, I really can't tell the OS getting even better, at least for developers.
Thanks in advance!
MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion
Do you mean internet sharing? because it's still there. System Preferences>Sharing>Internet Sharing.
Thank you for your reply. However, I am afraid it's not what I am talking about.
Web sharing is a feature that user can enable web server in his Mac and publishes content via HTTP/HTTPS. In previous version, I can enable it by just one click. But now it's gone.
No, TheSmokeMonster, web sharing (acting as a web server) is not the same thing as internet sharing (acting as a router).
Leo Chung, I do not know how to turn web sharing back on. Sorry.
Sounds like something that ML Server does. It would seem that they want you to use the Server version to do that now.
I haven't downloaded and installed ML yet, but this functionality is definitely something I will need to retain. Try typing this command into Terminal:
sudo apachectl -k start
Let me know if this works. By the way if you subsequently want to stop the service enter this command instead:
sudo apachectl -k stop
Here's a good page on how to deal with Apache (the web server) in Mountain Lion:
Thanks markwmsn and TheSmokeMonster.
I believe most of Mac developers still do work on Mac laptops such as Macbook Pro and Macbook Air, coming with OS X Mountain Lion. Server version is probably for production services only in enterprises.
Originally, the built-in web server is apache and very stable for development and web sharing. However, if the decision is made because Apple wants to push people to use Server version. They are definitely going wrong.
Thanks Zyriab and Thomas A Reed,
I am now able to start/stop/restart apache server and the "It works!" test page is alive.
However, the original http://localhost/~username doesn't work this time - A "403 Forbidden" page shows up.
1. mod_userdir.so is loaded and configuration file /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-userdir.conf is well set.
2. /Users/username/Sites/index.html is there and permission is granted for others (-rw-rw-rw-).
Still trouble shooting the problem now.
Thank you Thomas A Read,
The link you shared solves all the problems including the access problem of http://localhost/~username.
It does work for me! Really appreciate it!
Thanks Leo Chung, that fixed it for me!
Add this to my growing list of things Mountain Lion broke. Argh.
the -k flag helped me fix some of my issues locally, but I just can't make the 403 (forbidden) errors go away.
Three cheers for upgrading OSX.
I found this article was very helpful for restoring my development environment:
http://www.codepotato.co.uk/2012/07/25/enabling-localhost-on-os-x-mountain-lion/
Web sharing no longer available?
