Jun 19, 2019 Homebrew: Homebrew is a popular package manager for the Mac operating systems. It is useful for installing most open source software like Node. Homebrew installation tutorial; Step 1 – Install Apache on macOS. Remove built-in Apache server (if any) from your system. Open a terminal and execute commands to stop running Apache server and remove it.

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4Making “Sites” work (Optional)
5Making php, etc. work

Yosemite and above native OSX install

Jan 22, 2013 In this video tutorial we will show you how to install apache on mac. 'Apache' is already built-n the Mac OS, you just have to start it. Go to the the 'Launchpad and choose 'Other'.
Sep 28, 2017 Use the Mac OS X 10.12 (x86, 64-bit), DMG Archive version (works on macOS High Sierra). If you are upgrading from a previous macOS and have an older MySQL version you do not have to update it. One thing with MySQL upgrades always take a data dump of your database in case things go south and before you upgrade to macOS High Sierra make sure your.

This page is for people who want to do an OSX install without using someone else's packaging. There are some warning to bear in mind. A native install of Moodle on an OSX machine is not really suitable as an internet linked live server but it is great for testing and development. The OS X install described here is essentially the same as a Linux install and so the advice there can be applied here. Also Apple does not cooperate with your changes when upgrading the OS.

Most of this work is via the cli which you can use in the ‘terminal’ application. To edit files, use nano or vi (vim). Mostly you need to be root to edit the files so precede your editor name by sudo. e.g sudo nano /etc/apache2/httpd.conf or sudo vi /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

If you are doing any kind of development on an mac then consider an installation of XCode (you can get this from the app store) which will install all sorts of odds and ends that you are likely to need now and then such as libraries for php etc.

Apache on Mac

Since Mac OS X Yosemite Apache and PHP come packaged with the OS so you only need to enable PHP and install MySQL

Starting Apache

Since Apache is already installed you need to start it and to confirm it works. Start apache via command

If you want apache to start on boot then issue this command

Test apache by going to http://localhost in a browser. If you see a message saying 'It Works!!' , then apache is working correctly.

In case of issues to verify that apache is running search for httpd process (with approximate output)

To check port 80 with netstat (with approximate output)

Other apache related commands

Mac users are used to having a /Sites folder which publishes a local-users web site on http://<host url address>/~<UserName>

edit <username>.conf

with these contents. Don’t forget to change <username> for your username.

Apache configuration for /Sites folder

If you want to set up /Sites folder, which is one of possible setups, and there is no /Sites folder on your mac, create one. Also create folders for moodle and moodledata inside /Sites folder.

Configure Apache to point to /Sites directory. Backup your httpd.conf, just in case, then open httpd.conf to make some changes

Change DocumentRoot to point to /Sites folder and uncomment httpd-vhosts.conf

Update httpd-vhosts.conf

Pick up a url you would use locally for moodle site, for example 'mymoodle.dev.com', and add to the bottom of the httpd-vhosts.conf file

Update /etc/hosts

Add a url for a local moodle site, the same as in httpd-vhosts.conf, to the bottom of /etc/hosts

Restart Apache

After moodle set up you should be able to point a browser to

in /etc/apache2/httpd.conf uncomment all the following lines

Since Moodle 3.3 minimum PHP version is 7.0.0 with PHP 7.1.x and 7.2.x also supported. If you have PHP 7 then php module would be

Restart apache for the changes to take effect

Apache user permissions on /moodledata folder

The default Apache user is '_www' and so your /moodledata folder needs write permissions for the _www user.

In the finder, choose the folder and using the get info dialogue to give _www write access to the folder.

Test php

Make a file in the root of your webfolder ( The default DocumentRoot for Mac OS X Yosemite is /Library/WebServer/Documents ) called phpinfo.php and add this content.

Then, visit the site by url

This should give you the well known phpinfo page. The most likely error will be a page just showing the text <?php phpinfo(); ?> which means php is not working.

php modules

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Apache For Mac Os X

Download your version of Mysql from the Mysql site http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ and install it! The dmg install will allow you to start or stop the MySql server from your system preferences. If you tick the option to start on boot then it may not actually start on boot. This is an on-off issue with OSX.

If you are not running OSX Server then you will probably need to install Mysql again if Apple issues an upgrade of Yosemite.

dmg installed MySQL is in

After MySQL dmg installation if there is an issue with the MySQL PATH when mysql commands are run, add PATH to .bash_profile (if you are using bash)

Add path to mysql at the end of .bash_profile file you opened to edit

Reload .bash_profile

Start/stop/restart mysql

Connect to MySQL command line

Install Apache Tomcat Mac Os X

Create moodle MySQL user, database and grant privileges

This is an easier alternative to installation of required packages. Homebrew is a package management tool like apt and yum which was created for OSX. Everything ends up in /usr/local or similar and when Apple does an upgrade, they shouldn't muck it up.The homebrew site is at http://brew.sh

Start with the command

Homebrew will download and install Command Line Tools for Xcode as part of the installation process.

Packages installed with Homebrew are in

PostgreSQL is one of the five databases supported by Moodle. You can use Homebrew to install PostgreSQL on OSX

Start/stop PostgreSQL manually

Start/stop PostgreSQL using brew

If there is an error on brew start/stop try running

Create a new database cluster (collection of databases), postgres user, start postgresql. By default user postgres will not have any login password.

Create a moodle user, database

PostgreSQL uses a client authentication file called 'pg_hba.conf' in PostgreSQL's 'data' folder. In this file, you'll find a list of which users are allowed to connect to which databases, the IP addresses they are allowed to connect from, and the authentication methods they can use to connect.

To grant permission for Moodle to connect to a PostgreSQL server on the same machine, add the following line, changing the DATABASE and USER columns to your actual database name and the username you set up above. The METHOD field should say 'password' - don't put your actual password here.

Download Moodle .tgz file of the version needed, for example https://download.moodle.org/download.php/stable36/moodle-latest-36.tgz, move it into /Sites folder

Point browser to url you have set up locally, for example, http://mymoodle.dev.com/. If there are errors in the browser

you might need to change the owner on just generated config.php file

Mac Os X Download

Install database. Use Moodle admin password you have set up when running admin/cli/install.php script above.

If you are using PHP path /usr/bin/php when running above scripts and there is an error about PHP Intl extension php_intl try using /usr/local/bin/php which might be PHP installed with brew. To see what PHP you are using run

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