How to switch from mac server App to Apache

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I want to use Apache on macOS 10.13.
I issued "sudo apachectl start" command then it enabled.
I confirmed to display "It works" on the browser by http://localhost/ and I could know Apache worked properly.

But recently after I load Server app.
Then when I enter http://localhost/, "Welcome MacOS server" display. It means web server is used for App server instead Apache.
"Welcome MacOS server" continues to display even when I disabled MacOS web server. How can I switch to Apache?

Regards
Simon

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How to deactivate MacOS server apache

This command deactivates web services

$ sudo serveradmin stop web

These commands should unload the launch daemons inside Server app. Following my experience Server Apache takes over as soon as you install server app. Stopping web services in some cases is not sufficient. By unloading the Apache daemon server app is unable to start its Apache.

$ sudo launchctl unload -w /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.server.httpd.plist
$ sudo launchctl unload -w /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.serviceproxy.plist

When configuring Server’s Apache the following configuration files are used. By uncommenting any listen section Server Apache will not be able to run.

$ nano /Library/Server/Web/Config/Proxy/apache_serviceproxy.conf
$ nano /Library/Server/Web/Config/apache2/services/ACSServer.conf

When Server Apache does not know which ports it has to listen to, it does not run.

Depending from your system some steps or all of them might be necessary to stop Server Apache from running and for your Apache installation to take over. All these steps will only affect your server web services.

With the next Server App web service will be gone.

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Looks like you have an extra conf file in the other directory. This file (+php-osx.conf) is trying to load PHP from /usr/local, rather than the system-supplied PHP. I know my PHP install works and am using the bog-standard Apple supplied Apache and PHP. Call to PHP module should be in the main httpd.conf file - this line is there, but commented out, by default in the Apple-supplied config:

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And in other there should only be the single php5.conf file, contents:

<IfModule php5_module>
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The Apple-provided Apache2 should include the default config files in /etc/apache2, labeled with a suffix such as .original, .pre-update, or ~previous. Same goes for the conf files in subdirectories.

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The issue is that you have bins for both versions, and as they have the same name. Your .bashrc / .bash_profile configuration will determine the order bin folder are included, which determines which wins.

It's generally a good idea to /usr/local/bin win, as this is stuff you installed yourself and not something that comes with the OS by default.

The location of the apachectl script for the apache installed on macOS is located in /usr/sbin, so you can run it directly using /usr/sbin/apachectl. Alternately you can make an alias or symlink for this to make a unique command.

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