# Changing web server to Apache

**URL:** <https://community.localwp.com/t/changing-web-server-to-apache/8834>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** installation\
**Created:** [October 12, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/changing-web-server-to-apache/8834 "2018-10-12T17:19:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![lukefivedev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@lukefivedev](https://community.localwp.com/u/lukefivedev)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/changing-web-server-to-apache/8834/1 "2018-10-12T17:19:55Z")

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Our live sites are all Apache, so I’d like Local to reflect that instead of nginx. Problem is, when I try to change from Preferred to Custom (Apache), I keep getting an error “MySQL was unavailable when Local tried to back up [site name]'s database.” Two days of messing with this. Windows 10 64-bit. Log file …

[local-by-flywheel - Copy.log](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/2X/a/aa8a7193005985a0afd2822baa484694ee665bb8.log) (146.4 KB)

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://community.localwp.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/changing-web-server-to-apache/8834/2 "2020-08-25T18:35:32Z")

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