Get localhost webserver working in MacOS 27?

For quite a few years now, after an upgrade, system configuration files are moved into the /Users/Shared/Recovered items folder. You should check there to see if your former web server configuration files were moved into that directory and update the system config files as appropriate

I also found that Homebrew's Apache stopped starting after I updated to macOS 27.

Running `brew upgrade httpd` didn't fix it. However, after I subsequently ran `brew upgrade php`, it started working again.

I’m not sure if the cause was the same in your case, but I thought I’d share this for reference.

I added another entry in my series of User Tips: Setting up a local web server on macOS 27… - Apple Community

Did some more poking and killed a duplicate PID that was running. restarted Apache and holy cow it works. Thanks all!

The standard command issued in Terminal works fine for me in macOS 27:

sudo apachectl start

Completey uninstalled HomeBrew. Restarted. Checked that the Apple version of Apache is running.

bug@BlackBug ~ % apachectl -t -D DUMP_INCLUDES

Included configuration files:

(*) /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf

(514) /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-mpm.conf

(520) /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-autoindex.conf

(526) /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-userdir.conf

(16) /private/etc/apache2/users/bug.conf

(560) /private/etc/apache2/other/mpm.conf

(560) /private/etc/apache2/other/php7.conf

AH00558: httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using BlackBug.local. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to suppress this message

Still no connection at localhost:

rrrgh....

I DID have HomeBrew installed. Uninstalled it, restarted, then went through your list, but now i get this:

apachectl configtest

/usr/local/bin/apachectl: line 91: /usr/local/opt/httpd/bin/httpd: Bad CPU type in executable

Might this be because this is piling on from an old install from many years ago? Is this a “reinstall MacOS” kind of error or would an Apache reinstall fix it?

Puttyhead wrote:

I DID have HomeBrew installed.

So sorry to hear that.

Uninstalled it, restarted, then went through your list, but now i get this:

Sounds like Homebrew is one of those apps that can't be uninstalled. Or at least, uninstallation doesn't undo any of its configuration changes.

Might this be because this is piling on from an old install from many years ago?

Nope. Just Homebrew.

Is this a “reinstall MacOS” kind of error or would an Apache reinstall fix it?

If you can track down all the changes that Homebrew made and undo them, that would fix it. For that, you'll have to contact your friendly Homebrew tech support representative at the Homebrew call centre.

etresoft wrote: ... you'll have to contact your friendly Homebrew tech support representative at the Homebrew call centre.

Operators are standing by 😂

In case you didn't already know it Homebrew is a hot mess. You can find some similarly beleaguered fellow travelers here:

https://github.com/orgs/Homebrew/discussions

By the way I have a Github account, but gave up trying to log in a few months ago because I failed to prove I'm a human despite repeated attempts over a half hour of my life that I'll never get back.

But I just tried logging in just now and got in. Not sure I want to though. Github is also a hot mess.

Thanks, ugh!