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Son of the Wai-Pan
Asked: 2012-05-30 01:58:42 +0800 CST

How do I access server-status on MacOS X Lion?

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I am running 10.7.4. I have Apache up and running. It serves html and php as expected. I was playing around with apachectl and wanted to see what fullstatus did. The complete command is:

 $ apachectl fullstatus

The response on the command line is:

Go to http://localhost:80/server-status in the web browser of your choice.
Note that mod_status must be enabled for this to work.

A apachectl -t -D DUMP_MODULES | grep status shows:

Syntax OK
 status_module (shared)

Upon doing that I get a 403 saying I don't have access to server-status. In looking at the access log I see:

localhost - - [29/May/2012:17:36:53 +0800] "GET /server-status HTTP/1.1" 403 324

error log:

[Tue May 29 17:36:53 2012] [error] [client ::1] client denied by server configuration: /Library/WebServer/Documents/server-status

I pored over the /etc/apache/httpd.conf but couldn't find anything.

How do I configure Apache so that I can view the server-status?

mac-osx apache-2.2

2 Answers

  1. This is the solution if you are running Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan. Note: You need administrator privileges. (sudo)

    • In your /etc/apache2/httpd.conf uncomment these lines
      • Line 153: LoadModule status_module libexec/apache2/mod_status.so
      • Line 497: Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-info.conf
    • Now open /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-info.conf and change lines 14-18 to

      • <Location /server-status> SetHandler server-status Require host localhost </Location>

    Now you can open the URL http://localhost/server-status with your web browser and see the apache status.

    For a "fullstatus" place the text ExtendedStatus On within /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-info.conf right before the <Location /server-status> line.

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  2. Best Answer

    In order to handle requests to /server-status with mod_status, you will need the following lines somewhere in your configuration:

    <Location /server-status>
  SetHandler server-status
</Location>

    Don't forget to restrict access to localhost or other trusted hosts using Allow/Deny or the newer Require directives.

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