The system level document root in macOS Catalina is located in the following directory.įor the user level we can create a directory called Sites in user directory. One is at the system level and the other is at the user level. This is the location in the computer file system from where the files are accessed when we visit the in a browser.ĭocument Root is a directory where we put our website files. In case you don't get to see the above output then run the following command to check the error. We will change this is the following sections. If you want to stop the Apache server then run the following command.Īnd to restart Apache server run the following command.Īfter starting Apache server go ahead and test it by opening a browser like Safari or Chrome and visit You will get to see the following output in your browser.īy default, the file is getting served from /Library/WebServer/Documents directory. When you use sudo in the terminal then you will be prompted to enter your admin password to proceed. To start Apache web server run the following command. Note! macOS Catalina comes with Apache 2.4.41 To check the version of Apache installed run the following command in the Terminal. Open Terminal using macOS Spotlight or go to /Applications/Utilities and open Terminal. The new macOS Catalina comes with Apache pre-installed. Lets go ahead and configure our LAMP stack development environment on macOS Catalina. If you are using macOS Mojave then check out this tutorial How to install Apache, MySQL, PHP on macOS Mojave 10.14 We will be using the pre-installed Apache and PHP and we will download and setup MySQL database. To change the default shell check the tutorial How to change default shell to bash on macOS Catalina. Kindly upgrade your applications.Īpple has also made zsh as the default shell. Note! Support for 32 bit apps is removed in Catalina so, all your 32 bit applications will no longer work.

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