Docker and Apple Server Service: How to use ports 80 and 443 on Mac OS X

Introduction

I was trying to deploy some Docker containers yesterday which use ports 80 and 443. OK, I will confess that I was trying to deploy Wordpress or Bitnami Wordpress and MySQL to containers to see if I could migrate my personal blog to Wordpress. Eventually, I am hoping to migrate all of my blogs to a new blogging environment.

Problem

Well the containers would not deploy because the ports 80 and 443 were being used. A quick connection to localhost confirmed that the Apple Server.app was using these ports for running its processes. So I logged into the Server.app only to discover no way to turn it off.

Solution

Apple Server.app service is simply that... a service. The launchctl command will allow us to stop and start services. So I tried to stop the service only to discover it will automatically restart on a new PID. The only solution apparently is to unload the service temporarily. The following commands will allow you to unload and load the com.apple.serviceproxy service, and check its status. This will allow you to use Docker containers on those ports while doing your development and testing.

OpenJDK 7 on Apple G5 PowerPC on Mac OS X 10.5.8

Apple G5 Power Mac

• Are you an Apple G5 owner feeling a little left out by Apple?
• Do you have a very expensive and capable piece of hardware which can still be a valuable and fashionable?
• Do you develop applications in Java, or run applications based on Java and feel left behind?

I have a solution for you! Use OpenJDK BSD Port!

Using a build script sent to me by Kurt Miller, build recommendations from Kelly O'Hair, and the great work of the BSD Port team... I created a new build of OpenJDK 7 for my PPC based system using the Zero VM.

The results are fantastic. I can run GlassFish 3.1.1 along with all my enterprise applications.

GlassFish 3.1.1 on Zero VM

Well it wouldn't be me if I didn't share my good fortune. I updated the Darwin9Build page for OpenJDK to demonstrate how to build OpenJDK for yourself. There are also links to the binaries too.

Here is the link: Darwin9Build