Tutorial to be transferred to blog post.

Starts with Apache version 2.4.48

Linux Directories Demystified:

1. /bin – Binaries — should be /binaries

2. /boot – Boot Files — should be /boot-files

3. /etc – Configuration Files — should be /configuration-files

4. /home – Users’ Folder — /home actually works here

5. /lib – Libraries — should be /libraries

6. /usr – User Binaries — should be /user-binaries

7. /var – Variable Files — should be /variable-files

Crazy that we use abstractions for words as short as "binaries." Abstractions such as /usr for "User Binaries" are incredibly unhelpful.

When you install a program, where does it go?

On Mac, the program is stored in an individual folder inside /Applications.

What is a binary?

An executable file compiled from source code to machine code.

If Mac apps are stored in /Applications, what are the apps inside /usr (user-binaries)?

These are mostly command line / linux related apps such as ssh-keygen.

What is the libexec folder supposed to contain?

Executable machine code used by other programs.

The process:

1. Keep your docroot as the default /Library/WebServer/Documents, changing this will give you permission issues with a 403 error.

2. Add the option Indexes to the docroot XML tag to allow Apache to list out all websites located within the directory. It should look like this:

DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents"
<Directory "/Library/WebServer/Documents">
    #
    # Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",
    # or any combination of:
    #   Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
    #
    # Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
    # doesn't give it to you.
    #
    # The Options directive is both complicated and important.  Please see
    # http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/core.html#options
    # for more information.
    #
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Multiviews
    MultiviewsMatch Any

    #
    # AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
    # It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
    #   AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
    #
    AllowOverride None

    #
    # Controls who can get stuff from this server.
    #
    Require all granted
</Directory>

3. Install PHP with:

brew install php

4. Add index.php as an option prior to index.html so apache will look for PHP files first:

<IfModule dir_module>
    DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
</IfModule>

Seeming impossible, I've made a switch to Docker to try and run an Ubuntu image off MacOS. So far, setup has been frustrating and difficult.

Setup Docker and access a container via command line:

1. docker pull ubuntu or docker pull ubuntu:18.04

2. docker start container_name

3. docker attach container_name

Docker also doesn't allow you to use apt-get update with success. Program seems quite unintuitive, and all answers on Google are unhelpful.

Switch to MAMP...