To run apache www server from startup, add apache22_enable="YES" in your /etc/rc.conf. Extra options can be found in startup script. Your hostname must be resolvable using at least 1 mechanism in /etc/nsswitch.conf typically DNS or /etc/hosts or apache might have issues starting depending on the modules you are using. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! H E A D S - U P 2014-07-13: The default version was changed from www/apache22 to www/apache24, pre-build apache modules will also reflect this! In case ports are build by yourself and apache22 is required use the following command to keep apache22 as default echo "DEFAULT_VERSIONS+=apache=2.2" >> /etc/make.conf !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!