Apache2 Learnings | Debugging Issues with Apache2

Knowing the exact issue is important.

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apachectl configtest

journalctl -xe

systemctl status apache2.service

sudo nano /var/log/apache2/error.log

netstat -ltp | grep :80 # To know if a program is occupying port 80

FYI: Apache modules reside in the following. Sometimes we have a mismatch of modules especially after switching PHP version. If the loaded version is different and the available version is different, that causes an error too.

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/usr/lib/apache2/modules

Mac OS Specific Local Development Environment Issues

#1 Mac OSX apache not starting

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# source: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/79299/apache-on-osx-10-8-not-starting



sudo apachectl -T

#2 Apache not working suddenly

A lot of things were tried not sure what worked.

This might have done the trick.

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# Not sure what did the trick. Try in the following order:



brew reinstall apr-util



brew doctor;



brew cleanup;



sphp 7.4;



brew reinstall httpd



sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

sudo xcode-select --install



# check node

node -v