Apache

Here you can change settings for the Apache web server for the selected site. These settings are security-related! For more information on configuring your Apache server, refer to the Apache website.

Notes

• You cannot make changes to the Apache settings unless the site is set to Apache (“General” tab).
• Make sure all entries are spelled correctly. Errors in the configured options may prevent Apache from starting.

• Directive <Directory>
  For detailed information on each option, see the appropriate chapter in the Apache documentation.

  • Options

    • Indexes
      Enables or disables directory browsing. If there is no index.html, index.php, etc. in the document root, the directory listing will be displayed if this option is enabled. Without this option, either nothing will be displayed or an error message will appear.

    • Include
      Allows the use of Server Side Includes (SSI).

    • Exec CGI
      Allow CGI execution.

    • SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
      Restricted version of FollowSymLinks. Allows referencing objects via symbolic links only if the owner matches.

    • Includes NOEXEC
      Server-side includes are allowed, but #exec cmd and #exec cgi are disabled. It is still possible to #include virtual CGI scripts from ScriptAliased directories.

    • FollowSymLinks
      Allows symbolic links to be used as references to documents in other directories. This is useful when you want to reference objects outside the directory tree (e.g. web server log files), but be aware that it can expose objects that would otherwise be hidden from the URL tree.

    • MultiViews
      Allow dynamic documents to be used or disabled depending on the language.

  • AllowOverride
    Types of directives allowed in .htaccess files.
    (See the Apache documentation for more information.)

  • Require
    Tests whether an authenticated user is authorized by an authorization provider.
    (See the Apache documentation for more information.)

  • Additional parameters
    The statements in this field get added to the <Directory> ... </Directory> portion of the host in Apache’s config file.

  • Directory index
    Specify which file Apache should serve when no filename is given in an address. By default, this is either index.html or index.php.

• Directive <VirtualHost>

  • Additional Parameters
    These directives go directly into the httpd.conf file.

• Server admin
  Email address that the server includes in error messages sent to the client.
  (See the Apache documentation for more information.)

httpd.conf file

You cannot edit your httpd.conf file directly in MAMP PRO. You must make custom configurations through your httpd.conf template file. More information on how to configure your httpd.conf template file can be found in our “Menu › File” section.