Existing website doesn't work anymore after installing OSX server

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Existing website doesn't work anymore after installing OSX server

I have a website on my mac-mini that resides at /Library/WebServer. It has Perl cgi pages, images, css files, Javascript.

I installed Mac Server so I could use the mac-mini as a place for Time-Machine on my laptop to save to via wifi. Now the webpage has moved and has a different configuration I can't figure out. Before I had a /Library/WebServer directory with sub-directories Documents, CGI-Executables, Lib, Pictures and Templates. Now it seems the html files live at /Library/Server/Web/Data/Sites/Default and I have no idea where the other files go. Apache doesn't work either. Turning off the websites option just disables the website address completely. Entering http://localhost just gives an error message saying that websites are disabled.

I didn't want to change my website, I just wanted the Time-Machine capabilies. I put a lot of work into my website and I would like to get my it back.

Mac mini (Late 2012), OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), Server version 5.0.15

Posted on Mar 2, 2016 2:44 PM

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MrHoffman

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Mar 7, 2016 10:03 AM in response to lswote

Not a good situation, unfortunately. You're either going to be learning how OS X Server works, or you'll want to remove OS X Server and maybe acquire a Time Capsule. (The ac-class AirPort Wi-Fi devices also support Time Machine.)

OS X Server expects local DNS to be established — you can't use ISP DNS, if you're on a NAT'd network — and OS X Server expects you'll be placing your files in the /Library/Server/Web/Data/Sites locations, or making whatever directory your web site is stored in into a site within Server.app.

In either case, you'll need to make your website readable by the _www user.

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