What is the “Sites” folder in my macOS Home directory?

macOS includes the Apache web server (disabled by default) and ~/Sites is the default location for any web sites.

So, I agree, the default location should be /Library/WebServer/Documents... In that directory, I had exactly one file..

These instructions are slightly different for each version of macOS. Please see the User Tip appropriate for your macOS version.

Navigate to any directory you want the server to run in cd /path/to/dir/with/files. Launch HTTP server http-server. Launch HTTP server on different port.

http-server [path] [options]. the [path] would be the root folder in which you want to run your website (probably the one with you index.html ...

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There are actually two place where mac os x serves websites by default: /Library/WebServer/Documents --> http://localhost . ~/Sites --> http://localhost/~user/

Once you change the root of web server to somewhere other than the default (/Library/WebServer/Documents), you need setup virtual host, otherwise, localhost ...

You need to put your site in /Library/WebServer (not sure about WebServer part but it should be similar) and make sure permissions are correct.

The default Apache configuration file on macOS is typically located at /etc/apache2/httpd.conf , while a Homebrew-installed Apache might have ...