I have multiple sites running on a Mac Mini server running OSX Server (El Capitan). I am running WordPress on one site and have not been able to get the permalinks work properly.
I followed the instructions in this post:
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-htaccess-working-for-permalinks-on-mac-osx-server?replies=3
- I have my web root folder set at /Library/Server/Web/Data/Sites
- I created an .htaccess in my websites directory (/Library/Server/Web/Data/Sites/website)
- I enabled mod_rewrite and set the AllowOverride setting to All on my httpd.conf file.
- I made sure that the httpd.conf file is writable.
- When I change the permalink (to format /%postname%/) and hit save, I get a message saying “Permalink structure updated.”
- When I save a new page, it appears to give the correct permalink structure (sample-page/)
- When I try to open the page, I get a 404 error.
Based on the suggestion below, I took a look at my server log. The log gave this output:
[Sat Aug 13 09:15:28.081255 2016] [autoindex:error] [pid 7076] [client 17.151.38.202:49836] AH01276: Cannot serve directory /Library/Server/Web/Data/Sites/www.ecumene.com/: No matching DirectoryIndex (index.html,index.php,default.html) found, and server-generated directory index forbidden by Options directive
[Sat Aug 13 09:16:44.879836 2016] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 6994] AH00169: caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Sat Aug 13 09:16:49.596197 2016] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 7117] AH00163: Apache/2.4.18 (Unix) LibreSSL/2.2.7 mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/2.7.10 PHP/5.5.36 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Sat Aug 13 09:16:49.596277 2016] [core:notice] [pid 7117] AH00094: Command line: '/usr/sbin/httpd -D FOREGROUND -f /Library/Server/Web/Config/apache2/httpd_server_app.conf -E /var/log/apache2/error_log'
[Sat Aug 13 09:16:50.291312 2016] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 7117] AH00169: caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Sat Aug 13 09:16:55.105614 2016] [ssl:warn] [pid 7157] AH01916: Init: (www.ecumene.com:443) You configured HTTP(80) on the standard HTTPS(443) port!
[Sat Aug 13 09:16:55.181103 2016] [ssl:warn] [pid 7157] AH01916: Init: (www.ecumene.com:443) You configured HTTP(80) on the standard HTTPS(443) port!
[Sat Aug 13 09:16:55.242694 2016] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 7157] AH00163: Apache/2.4.18 (Unix) LibreSSL/2.2.7 mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/2.7.10 PHP/5.5.36 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Sat Aug 13 09:16:55.242740 2016] [core:notice] [pid 7157] AH00094: Command line: '/usr/sbin/httpd -D FOREGROUND -f /Library/Server/Web/Config/apache2/httpd_server_app.conf -E /var/log/apache2/error_log -D WEBSERVICE_ON'
postdrop: warning: unable to look up public/pickup: No such file or directory
This is a fresh install of WordPress with no plugins. How do I get this to work properly? I have been struggling with this for a while now.
Thank you.
1 Answer
I’d check a few things
Apache2 logs
- open a terminal
- Check error logs at
tail -f /var/log/apache2/error_log
- Check access logs at
tail -f /var/log/apache2/access_log
WordPress
- Check .htaccess has correct rules for basic setup
- enable wp debugging to see if you can log further errors when the redirect happens
this is how you enable WP logging
- Add in
wp-config.php
before the/* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */
these 3 lines of code
This will create a debug.log file in wp-content
folder
define('WP_DEBUG', true);
define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );
define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false );
Then try to access your url and check your logs for any information while you get your 404 error.
Check these things and report back if you find something odd. Your setup seems fine to me as is. But you might be missing something else. That’s why checking your logs should provide more info if you have a miss configuration.
EDIT
I believe your problem is with the DirectoryIndex directive
Cannot serve directory /Library/Server/Web/Data/Sites/www.ecumene.com/: No matching DirectoryIndex (index.html,index.php,default.html) found, and server-generated directory index forbidden by Options directive
WordPress is using the index.php
file behind the scene to convert permalinks into query vars. But currently your web server is not set to read index.php
files (most likely it will only allow index.html
files) so you will need to add this file to your DirectoryIndex
directive
locate your httpd.conf
(likely in /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf
)
then
sudo nano /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf
- Search the file ( ctrl + w ) for
DirectoryIndex
and add index.php
to this block
<IfModule dir_module>
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
</IfModule>
- Exit nano using ctrl + x and answering
y
to save the modified file - Test your config
sudo apachectl -t
- Restart apache
sudo apachectl restart
This will tell apache to look in your site directory for index.php
files first, if none found, it will try for index.html
files.
This should fix your issue.