 httpd
> Check version
httpd -v

 Apache
> Start & version
sudo apachectl start
> Test localhost in browser
http: //localhost

 Setup user
> Create user Sites folder
mkdir ~/Sites

> Create or edit user apache. conf file, don’ t forget to replace USERNAME by yours
sudo nano /etc/apache2/users/USERNAME. conf

> Paste in USERNAME. conf
< Directory "/Users/*/Sites/">
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
< /Directory>

 httpd. conf
> Edit httpd. conf
sudo nano /etc/apache2/httpd. conf

> Uncomment these line to activate mandatories modules
LoadModule userdir_module libexec/apache2/mod_userdir. so
LoadModule alias_module libexec/apache2/mod_alias. so
LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache2/mod_rewrite. so
LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5. so

> Change default apache user _www to USERNAME in httpd. conf
User USERNAME
Group staff

> Allow. htaccess and Override
< Directory "/Library/WebServer/Documents">
...
AllowOverride All
...
< /Directory>

> Activate userdir conf
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-userdir. conf

 httpd-userdir. conf
> Edit httpd-userdir. conf
sudo nano /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-userdir. conf
> Uncomment or add this line at the end
Include /private/etc/apache2/users/*. conf

 Restart apache
sudo apachectl restart

 PHP test file
> Create php test file
printf "< ?php phpinfo(); ?> " > ~/Sites/phpinfo. php
> Test phpinfo in browser
http: //localhost/~USERNAME/phpinfo. php

 Auto start apache
> Set to auto start
sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org. apache. httpd. plist
> Unset to auto start
sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org. apache. httpd. plist

You can either way create a new folder in /Library/WebServer/Documents/or in /Users/USERNAME/Sites/

 /Library/WebServer/Documents/
> Create MYWEBSITE folder
sudo mkdir /Library/WebServer/Documents/MYWEBSITE
> And the access in browser
http: //localhost/MYWEBSITE

 /Users/USERNAME/Sites/
> Create MYWEBSITE folder
mkdir /Users/USERNAME/Sites/MYWEBSITE
> And the access in browser
http: //localhost/~USERNAME/MYWEBSITE

 Download MySQL
http: //dev. mysql. com/downloads/mysql/
> Get the . dmg install file for OSX 10.10 and install it

 Command line MySQL
> Start MySQL
sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql. server start
> Check version
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -v

 Change $PATH
> edit profile
nano ~/. bash_profile
> add this line
export PATH="/usr/local/mysql/bin: $PATH"
> validate new profile
source ~/. bash_profile
> test change
mysql -v

 Change MySQL root password
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'yourpasswordhere'

 Fix the 2002 MySQL Socket error
> Error in PhpMysql
sudo mkdir /var/mysql
sudo ln -s /tmp/mysql. sock /var/mysql/mysql. sock

 Download PhpMyAdmin
https: //www. phpmyadmin. net/downloads/

 Extract in /Users/USERNAME/Sites/
> Then access it
http: //localhost/~USERNAME/phpMyAdmin

 Extract in /Library/WebServer/Documents/
> Then access it
http: //localhost/phpMyAdmin

 Set httpd. conf
> Edit httpd. conf
sudo nano /etc/apache2/httpd. conf
> Uncomment
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts. conf
LoadModule vhost_alias_module libexec/apache2/mod_vhost_alias. so

 Set the vhosts. conf file
> Edit vhosts. conf
sudo nano /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts. conf

> Exemple vhost
< VirtualHost *: 80>
ServerName mywebsite. com
ServerAlias www. mywebsite. com
DocumentRoot "/Users/USERNAME/Sites/mywebsite"
ErrorLog "/private/var/log/apache2/mywebsite. com-error_log"
CustomLog "/private/var/log/apache2/mywebsite. com-access_log" common
ServerAdmin web@mywebsite. com

< Directory "/Users/USERNAME/Sites/mywebsite">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow, deny
Allow from all
< /Directory>
< /VirtualHost>

 Restart apache
sudo apachectl restart

 Set the hosts file
> Edit hosts
sudo nano /etc/hosts
> Add this to map domain
127.0.0.1 mywebsite. com www. mywebsite. com
> Flush cache
dscacheutil -flushcache
sudo dscacheutil -flushcache

 Losing localhost
Fix the 403 Forbidden Error

> Edit httpd-vhosts. conf
sudo nano /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts. conf
> Add in
< VirtualHost *: 80>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot /Library/WebServer/Documents/
< /VirtualHost>

 Change default apache user and group
> Get username and group
id
uid=501(USERNAME) gid=20(staff)
> Edit httpd. conf
sudo nano /etc/apache2/httpd. conf
> Change these lines to
User USERNAME
Group staff

 Restart apache
sudo apachectl restart