Fixed it…. it was the 443 port that was taken by OSX Server… After I disabled TLS or changed that port Web server started w/o issues.
What got me was that V12 does not complain and starts web server fine. Maybe it does not check if port 443 is taken But apparently V16 does check. It’d be really nice if 4D V16 gave a better error message, other than ‘can’t start web server’. That’d have saved me a couple hours, messages and I’d not be bothering you guys with this. So, beware of port 443 if you try to use 4D V16 Web Server on a mac running OSX Server. Thanks for all the chimed in. > On Feb 7, 2018, at 6:01 PM, Julio Carneiro <jjfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Port is free for sure… as I said before, I can start web server with 4D V12 > fine, no problem. It is only V16 that has an issue :-( > >> On Feb 7, 2018, at 5:16 PM, William Swann via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Julio, >> >> Do the following test: telnet machinename.com 80 or telnet machinename.com >> 443 or telnet to the IP address of the machine with the ports. What that >> tells you is whether another app is running a web server. My suspicion is >> that Apache is running underneath. Further, you could simply open a browser >> and try to access the http:// or https://. >> >> I have had this problem with a mac mini and could not get 4d v14 to start >> the web server. Doing some digging, I found that Apple had decided to start >> a web server to tell me that I could use a web server on the mac if I added >> files. I have Apple server for Sierra running on that mac mini and even with >> it not running server, the Apache server was running. >> >> I have not succeeded yet in stopping the httpd processes on my server, but >> here are some links to try and research for yourself. I have not >> successfully stopped that server as of yet because of variations experienced >> in Mac OS versions. Confirm that the ports are open with telnet and you try >> from terminal window ps -ax | grep httpd or apache to see if Apple is >> running it in spite of you. >> >> https://superuser.com/questions/1033406/how-do-i-stop-httpd-running-under-mac-os-x-10-11-el-capitan-server >> >> https://www.mkyong.com/mac/mac-osx-what-program-is-using-port-80/ >> >> http://www.maxum.com/Rumpus/Blog/OSXServer.html >> >> If I find the answer for my part, I will post at a later date. >> >> Bill S >> >> > > > > -- Julio Carneiro jjfo...@gmail.com ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
