For the longest time I was a MAMP user, until yesterday, something went terribly wrong and MAMP would no longer start mysql. Long story short I decided to ditch MAMP and just setup my own AMP server, so I found a good tutorial and set one up. All was working well until I
went to create a virtual host. One step of the directions had me editing the /etc/apache2/httpd.conf file. I somehow managed to delete much of that file and saved it - UGGG! Since then I have been unable to resolve http://localhost.
I was able to locate the contents of the httpd.conf file on another mac and replaced the contents and saved, then restarted apache, and still I am unable to resolve http://localhost. I get the error: Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to localhost.
In Terminal I am able to ping localhost and I get the result 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.044 ms
I am completely at a loss here, as far as I can tell I have reset everything back to the way it should be. Here is what I am checking:
/etc/hosts /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
I have restarted apache, and my computer a number of times to no avail.
And both files, as far as I can tell are set as they would be from a fresh install.
Can anyone offer some advice here? Is there a way that I can further trouble shoot this issue? A log that I can look at? I really need to get this local environment back up and running and would prefer to not need to reinstall my entire OS. Any direction is greatly appreciated!
pingwill always resolve localhost, it's unrelated. The problem seems to be solely with Apache, OS X has nothing to do with it. Just re-install the Apache bundle to the same destination (uninstall it beforehand, if possible, or at least stop the server). Since you say you did a fresh install of the server not so long ago, re-installing it in the same location shouldn't make much difference, except positive one.127.0.0.1 localhostentry?