Apache Server Won't Start in MAMP

Question

Apache server won\'t start when in MAMP. Here are the error logs:

[Wed Aug 01 21:07:34 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
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Answer 1

I encountered this same issue with the same log output above, but did not need to reinstall MAMP to solve the issue in my case. When I encountered this error it was related to one of the hosts I had set up. Click the Hosts tab and see if any of your hosts appear in red:

The host in red required SSL certificates. In the configuration I did not have valid references to the required certificates after I had altered the file structure of my application. After fixing this issue and applying changes the host was no longer highlighted in red, and I was able to start Apache through MAMP.

Additionally, you can ensure that the problem doesn't have to do with your Apache client itself by running this command in terminal:

sudo /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/apachectl restart

OR

sudo /Applications/MAMP\ PRO/Library/bin/apachectl restart

If you are able to start Apache in terminal, you have ruled out that you have an error with MAMP's Apache client itself.