Update:
I'm running the standalone http server as indicated here:
http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/display/istcontrib/How+to+run+a+Request+Tracker+server+instance+in+standalone+mode+for+troubleshooting
and got the following output in debug.log:
[Tue Aug 2 19:57:43 2016] [info]: Successful login
Hi,
We are in the process of upgrading rt to 4.4.1
I'm having a problem with my local instance. I cannot go beyond the login
page. Note the following lines in the apache logs. The first two lines (in
blue) appear when it works ok
- - [02/Aug/2016:13:39:45 -0400] "POST /NoAuth/Login.html