You can try creating a virtual host like explained here.
You have to edit
/etc/apache2/httpd.conf
and
/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
Question
I have a Mac server with Apache.
I would like reach 127.0.0.1/mywebsite
by an alias in local, for example : myweb.
How could i do for it ? Use httpd.conf ?
I'm waiting for your anwser
Solution
You can try creating a virtual host like explained here.
You have to edit
/etc/apache2/httpd.conf
and
/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
OTHER TIPS
You could edit your /etc/hosts file and add an alias, but you'd still have to add the path if there's no root index.
I tried this in my hosts file and it worked perfectly.
127.0.0.1 myweb
You'll also need to flush your DNS cache with a
sudo killall mDNSResponder