Auto start Apache web server during system startup in Mac OS X

[Faheemi]

Hi there,

I wonder how to start Apache web server in the Mac OS X during the system startup. Currently I have to manually start it using the following command

sudo apachectl graceful

How can I automate this during the system startup

Thanks
Hameed

 

[Deleted]

You need to create an init script.

Not sure how OSX's structure differs from FreeBSD (probably not much) so try this..

Place the file below in your /usr/local/etc/rc.d

#!/bin/sh

PREFIX=/usr/local/apache

case "$1" in
start)
        [ -x $PREFIX/bin/apachectl ] &&
        $PREFIX/bin/apachectl start > /dev/null &&
        echo -n ' Apache Started' &&
        echo
        ;;
stop)
        [ -r $PREFIX/logs/httpd.pid ] &&
        $PREFIX/bin/apachectl stop > /dev/null &&
        echo -n ' Apache Stopped' &&
        echo
        ;;
restart)
        $0 stop
        $0 start
        ;;
*)

echo "Usage: `basename $0` {start|stop|restart}" >&2
;;

esac

exit 0

You might want to edit the PREFIX to point to your apachectl file.


/usr/local/etc/rc.d/

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