Comments on: A Smarter MAMP

By: Aaron Nigelfeld

Aaron Nigelfeld — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:34:06 +0000

What about custom log locations? Do those work using the wildcards used in the VirtualDocumentRoot directive?

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:26:17 +0000

I set this scheme up — thanks! Can you think of a change to this that would allow one-off departures? For example, is there a way to modify the user.conf file so that “special.dev” could go somewhere other than Sites/dev/special? Thanks again.

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By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:02:25 +0000

Editing the /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.isc.named.plist file isn’t necessary.

//To enable named sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.isc.named.plist sudo launchctl start org.isc.named

//To disable named sudo launchctl stop org.isc.named sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.isc.named.plist

The “-w” flag tells launchctl to save the disabled status to the plist file.

By: james

james — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:32:24 +0000

I recently lost my hard drive, and had to go through this configuration by hand again. And so I decided to put all this into a script as I did it.

I haven’t had a chance to test it yet on a real clean install, so feedback on the snipt below is welcome.

http://snipt.net/jrguitar21/mac-os-x-apache-development-setup

By: james

james — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:30:00 +0000

oops, sorry for the typo! Thanks for noting that.

Also, the link to the manual page in comment #30 appears to no longer work. Heres an updated link to resolver(5):

http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man5/resolver.5.html

By: em hr

em hr — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:23:07 +0000

This is brilliant. I just wanted to note that Johns comment (#30) has a typo in it. The proper directory for ZeroConf/Bonjour to work is not /etc/resolve it is /etc/resolver

By: Jo Dassler

Jo Dassler — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:33:45 +0000

I just wandered here looking for stuff on mamp app.This stuff’s really deep.hopefully one day I can do stuff like this at the moment it gives me the shivers!Always thought somethings are better left in the cupboards(apache configs etc)but i guess you guys blaze paths for future web dev jedis.The article’s a wonderful read though.For me its still a case of i understand but i don’t.Cheers!One day…

By: Jason Johnson

Jason Johnson — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:21:35 +0000

@earph - Sorry for the delayed response. Check comment #30, if you are not connected to a network. Also, check to make sure that the exact directory for which Apache is looking exists. Review your Apache error log (probably at /var/log/apache2/error_log) to see if Apache is trying to access a non-existent directory.

Beyond that, I’m afraid I can’t be of much help. It’s been a while since I went through this process myself, and I am no expert on Apache or bind. Hopefully other commenters will be able to continue to provide extra insight into the details of the setup.

Speaking of which, thanks to everyone who has added their discoveries and tweaks. They are very welcome here.

By: earph

earph — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:29:58 +0000

Not working for me.

I followed everything to a T and even included the addition in quote #27, but can’t connect.

I’ve typed “host test.dev” in terminal and get this response.

Host test.dev not found: 2(SERVFAIL)

What ma I missing?