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Last modified by Aaron Rosenzweig on 2011/05/09 01:46
From version 41.1
edited by franc
on 2008/08/19 17:03
Change comment: Added last line to /etc/apache2/httpd.con
To version 43.1
edited by Kieran Kelleher
on 2007/10/18 08:27
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6 6  
7 7  When you turn on your web server, Apache will listen on the network interfaces that were configured when it starts. If you change networks, you may need to manually restart apache. You can do this by either stopping and restarting Personal Web Sharing, or you can run "apachectl restart" from the commandline as the root user. Because this can get annoying if you are working on a laptop, or periodically using VPN's, there are a couple ways to make this process easier.
8 8  
9 -= Optional Extra Configuration: Explicitly Setting Your Hostname =
9 += Restarting Apache Fix #1: Explicitly Setting Your Hostname =
10 10  
11 11  {{info title="Useful Information"}}
12 12  
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24 24  
25 25  {{/warning}}
26 26  
27 -Edit **/etc/httpd/httpd.conf**, find the line containing **ServerName** and change it to this. If you use Leopard (OS X 10.5), the file is at **/etc/apache2/httpd.conf**.
27 +Edit **/etc/httpd/httpd.conf**, find the line containing **ServerName** and change it to this:
28 28  
29 29  {{code}}
30 30  
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32 32  
33 33  {{/code}}
34 34  
35 -That line may be commented out by default. You can simply uncomment it (remove the leading pound sign). You will also need to find this block
35 +That line may be commented out by default. You can simply uncomment it (remove the leading pound sign) and then restart apache:
36 36  
37 37  {{code}}
38 38  
39 -# First, we configure the "default" to be a very restrictive set of
40 -# features.
41 -#
42 -<Directory />
43 - Options FollowSymLinks
44 - AllowOverride None
45 - Order deny,allow
46 - Deny from all
47 -</Directory>
48 -
49 -{{/code}}
50 -
51 -And modify like so:
52 -
53 -{{code}}
54 -
55 -# First, we configure the "default" to be a very restrictive set of
56 -# features.
57 -#
58 -<Directory />
59 - Options FollowSymLinks
60 - AllowOverride None
61 -# Order deny,allow
62 -# Deny from all
63 -</Directory>
64 -
65 -{{/code}}
66 -
67 -Got to the very end of **/etc/apache2/httpd.conf** and add :
68 -
69 -{{code}}
70 -
71 -Include /System/Library/WebObjects/Adaptors/Apache2.2/apache.conf
72 -
73 -{{/code}}
74 -
75 -Then restart apache:
76 -
77 -{{code}}
78 -
79 79  sudo apachectl restart
80 80  
81 81  {{/code}}
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132 132  
133 133  You may want to set this in your global WOLips settings so you don't have to set it every time you make a new launch configuration. You will need to go back and modify existing launch configurations with these settings even if you set it globally. Global settings only apply to newly created launch configurations.
134 134  
135 -= Apache Restart =
95 += Restarting Apache Fix #2: Kickstart =
136 136  
137 -{{info title="Why would I need this?"}}
97 +The alternative way to restart apache is to have a script run any time your network changes. It turns out that OS X supports such a capability already via Kickstart.
138 138  
139 -If you have a laptop and you get an "Application cannot be found" or some such error in the browser after auto-switching networks (for example going from a work network to a home network), restarting apache can resolve the error condition most of the time. A script is shown below to do that.
140 -If you already implemented the "localhost" explicit hostname setup above, then you will probably not need to bother with this section.
141 -
142 -{{/info}}
143 -
144 144  == Making a restart script ==
145 145  
146 146  Create a script named /usr/local/bin/restartApache and set the contents to:
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153 153  /usr/sbin/apachectl start
154 154  
155 155  {{/code}}
111 +
112 +== Modifying Kicker ==
113 +
114 +1. Edit /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/Kicker.xml
115 +1. At the end of the <array> section, add the following block of XML:
116 +
117 +{{code}}
118 +
119 +<dict>
120 + <key>execCommand</key>
121 + <string>/usr/local/bin/restartApache</string>
122 + <key>execUID</key>
123 + <integer>0</integer>
124 + <key>keys</key>
125 + <array>
126 + <string>State:/Network/Global/DNS</string>
127 + <string>State:/Network/Global/IPv4</string>
128 + <string>State:/Network/Global/IPv6</string>
129 + <string>State:/Network/Global/NetInfo</string>
130 + </array>
131 + <key>name</key>
132 + <string>restart_apache</string>
133 + </dict>
134 +
135 +{{/code}}
136 +
137 +== Restart ==
138 +
139 +Restart your machine (you may be able to get away with just logging out and back in). Any network changes will now automatically restart Apache.
140 +
141 +== Extra Credit ==
142 +
143 +I also like to have a growl notification fire when my Apache restarts. To do this:
144 +
145 +1. grab the growl shell script from [[http://www.macosxhints.com/dlfiles/growl_sh.txt]].
146 +1. next, at the end of your /usr/local/bin/restartApache script, you can add:
147 +
148 +{{code}}
149 +
150 +export G_APPLICATION_ICON=EOModeler.app
151 +export G_TITLE=WebObjects
152 +/usr/local/bin/growl "Apache Restarted"
153 +
154 +{{/code}}