On Wed, Oct 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM Dane Scott - <[email protected]> wrote:
> I’m using the Apache server that comes standard with my Mac, and it works > great most of the time, though the server takes a dive fairly > frequently. I am currently on the latest version of MacOS, Tahoe 26.0.1, > though the problem has been with me through at least the previous versions > of MacOS as well. What happens is that the server goes down, stays down > for a period of time, and then goes back online again. > > I use UpTimeRobot to alert me of the instances when it goes down, and to > also give me a heads up when it returns. UpTimeRobot has given me good > info, so that when I try to access the website from a browser, my > experience mirrors what UpTimeRobot is reporting. > > What I’m wondering is where I can start looking for the cause of this > problem. Is there a log file that would give me a hint? And if so, where > should I look for the file, what is it called, and what text would be > something to hunt for in the log? > > Thanks! > > Dane > All entries around the time of the outage in the main error log file would be a good start.
