Troubleshooting Valet on Sierra

Common Problems

Problem: I just see "It works!"

Apache is running on port 80 and interfering with Valet.

1. Stop Apache: sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl stop
2. Restart Valet: valet restart

Problem: Valet randomly dies once in a while.

You are probably still on Valet <= 1.1.19, we recommend pinning to ^1.1.22.

1. Edit ~/.composer/composer.json to point to ^1.1.22:

   - "laravel/valet": "^1.1.19",
   + "laravel/valet": "^1.1.22",
   

2. Run composer global update

3. Restart Valet: valet restart

Problem: Every time I refresh I see a totally random file!

You are running Caddy 0.9.2, which has a known bug related to fastcgi connections.

1. Edit ~/.composer/composer.json to point to ^1.1.22:

   - "laravel/valet": "^1.1.19",
   + "laravel/valet": "^1.1.22",
   

2. Run composer global update

3. Ensure you are now running Caddy 0.9.1: ~/.composer/vendor/laravel/valet/bin/caddy -version

4. Restart Valet: valet restart

Problem: I'm getting a 502 Bad Gateway error.

Usually this means something is fucked with PHP FPM.

1. Confirm that FPM is not running:

   ps aux | grep fpm

   You should see at least two processes there if PHP FPM is running (one is grep, ignore that one.)

   Chances are PHP FPM is not running.

2. Check the PHP FPM error log to find out why it's not running:

   cat /usr/local/opt/php70/var/log/php-fpm.log

3. Try to resolve any errors you see. Here's a few common ones:

   • /var/run/valet/fpm.socket does not exist
   • Failed to open configuration file /usr/local/etc/php/7.0/php-fpm.conf

Problem: /var/run/valet/fpm.socket does not exist!

If you see an error similar to:

Unable to bind listening socket for address '/var/run/valet/fpm.socket': No such file or directory

...in /usr/local/opt/php70/var/log/php-fpm.log, you were probably running dev-master and have now switched back to tagged releases.

Valet 1.1.22 attempts to automate fixing this issue by explicitly configuring where PHP FPM should listen.

1. Make sure ~/.composer/composer.json points to ^1.1.22:

   - "laravel/valet": "^1.1.19",
   + "laravel/valet": "^1.1.22",
   

2. Run composer global update

3. Run valet install

Problem: php-fpm.conf is missing!

Something went wrong when installing PHP through Homebrew. This seems to happen on fresh non-upgrade installations of macOS Sierra.

1. Uninstall PHP 7: brew uninstall php70
2. Reinstall PHP 7 from source: brew install php70 --build-from-source
3. Re-run valet install

Where to Look for Errors

If you are still running into problems and are a capable adult, here's a list of log files to check:

• Caddy start log:

  /tmp/com.laravel.valetServer.err

• PHP FPM error log:

  /usr/local/opt/php70/var/log/php-fpm.log

• Caddy error log:

  ~/.valet/Log/error.log