Mac Apache web server won't start anymore and can't find any web directories

Question

I\'m on Mac Yosemite 10.10.5. Apache web server suddenly no longer starts. I tried changing the port to 8080. Also tried sudo apachectl stop and sudo apachectl start. Still won\

Answer 1

In my previous experience running the command apachectl configtest will show any configuration errors you might have. If everything is ok it will print Status OK, otherwise it will show you the config error(s). Fix those and then retry apachectl start.