How to setup xenForo locally on a Mac?

[Neutral Singh]

For testing xenForo on my mac to check various add-ons before installing on live website!

Thank

 

[Goodfella]

I use MAMP for this.

 

[Chris D]

I prefer to set everything up more or less manually rather than using a pre-made stack:

https://getgrav.org/blog/macos-sierra-apache-multiple-php-versions

 

[Neutral Singh]

I prefer to set everything up more or less manually rather than using a pre-made stack:

https://getgrav.org/blog/macos-sierra-apache-multiple-php-versions

For the newbies...

 

[Freelancer]

For the newbies...

For newbies, that Stack is the best for MacOS
https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html

Unfortunately all stuff surrounding server setup require a minimum knowledge of terminal command code setup. But you can find everything on the internet. There are even YouTube videos that explain stuff and there are plenty of help pages/documentation.

 

[Chris D]

For the newbies...

Perfect for newbies. It's the first step to not being a newbie anymore

 

[Neutral Singh]

Followed all steps thus far... the localhost still shows: it works! not the following message... guidance please...

 

[Chris D]

I guess you would just need to check if the index.html file with your contents actually saved and make sure you restarted Apache after the previous steps which may have involved changing the Apache config with a different document root.

 

[Neutral Singh]

I can see the index.html file under Sites holder... apache restarted more than one times...

 

[megabosx]

try docker https://xenforo.com/community/resources/xenforo-docker.5439/

 

[xenfans]

Doesn't Sierra come preinstalled with Apache2 and PHP 5.6?

start apache2 if it isn't yet:
apachectl start

uncomment this line from httpd.conf (back it up) to enable php5:
LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so

then I guess:
apachectl restart

To get MySQL:
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/
(don't forget to (optionally though) run mysql_secure_installation afterwards)

To let PHP and MySQL talk to eachother, I use this:
mkdir mysql under /var and go inside it with cd /var/mysql
ln -s /tmp/mysql.sock mysql.sock

I guess for XenForo you can then run the requirements.php file and test mysql to see if you can use it.
You probably need to edit httpd.conf and enable things like rewritemod.
LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache2/mod_rewrite.so

Anyway, once it's all working, before installing xenforo, setup a virtual host for your test site first.
Maybe add easier management things like phpmyadmin

 

[Neutral Singh]

Doesn't Sierra come preinstalled with Apache2 and PHP 5.6?

start apache2 if it isn't yet:
apachectl start

Apache needs to be updated to Apache 2.4.25 in Sierra... I used these instructions: https://getgrav.org/blog/macos-sierra-apache-multiple-php-versions

I followed all instructions religiously with no error... but the following is not showing up... any ideas...

 

[xenfans]

Does it error, as if apache isn't started, or does it show the wrong page?

 

[Neutral Singh]

It only shows: it Works!

I was also looking at this set of instructions: https://coolestguidesontheplanet.co...d-phpmyadmin-working-on-osx-10-11-el-capitan/

Here it says:

And make sure these modules are uncommented (the first 2 should already be on a clean install):

LoadModule authz_core_module libexec/apache2/mod_authz_core.so
LoadModule authz_host_module libexec/apache2/mod_authz_host.so
LoadModule userdir_module libexec/apache2/mod_userdir.so
LoadModule include_module libexec/apache2/mod_include.so
LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache2/mod_rewrite.so

Now, there is an additional /apache2/ in this set of instructions above

Where at here: https://getgrav.org/blog/macos-sierra-apache-multiple-php-versions

here it says:

Also we should now enable mod_rewrite which is commented out by default. Search for mod_rewrite.so and uncomment the line by removing the leading #:

LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/mod_rewrite.so

Now, here there is no /apache2/ above?

What is the correct location?

Thanks much!

 

[Neutral Singh]

Dang! missed removing quotes here "/Users/MacHome/Sites" in httpd.conf file...

Finally, it shows: My User Web Root

Thank you!

... now, on to the next step!

 

[xenfans]

Ah, came back with a fix, it's fixed Glad to hear, have fun with the next step.

 

[Neutral Singh]

Ok! have successfully implemented all instructions in part 1, 2 3 at this link: https://getgrav.org/blog/macos-sierra-apache-multiple-php-versions

Now, how do i install xenForo?

 

[Chris D]

You surely know how to install XenForo?

 

[Neutral Singh]

Right now, taking a dump of .sql from my online server and download all the files in public_html ... How to go about it on my mac! where to upload files, setup database

 

[Chris D]

I use Sequel Pro to manage databases locally: https://sequelpro.com/download

Though you could also use the mysql command line or install PhpMyAdmin.

You know where to upload files - it's the same folder where you added your index.html file though you might need to delete that file.