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| <strong>NAME</strong> |
| apachectl - Apache HTTP server control interface |
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| <strong>SYNOPSIS</strong> |
| <strong>apachectl </strong><em>command </em>[...] |
| |
| <strong>DESCRIPTION</strong> |
| <strong>apachectl </strong>is a front end to the Apache HyperText Transfer |
| Protocol (HTTP) server. It is designed to help the adminis- |
| trator control the functioning of the Apache <strong>httpd </strong>daemon. |
| |
| <strong>NOTE: </strong>If your Apache installation uses non-standard paths, |
| you will need to edit the <strong>apachectl </strong>script to set the |
| appropriate paths to your PID file and your <strong>httpd </strong>binary. |
| See the comments in the script for details. |
| |
| The <strong>apachectl </strong>script returns a 0 exit value on success, and |
| >0 if an error occurs. For more details, view the comments |
| in the script. |
| |
| Full documentation for Apache is available at |
| <strong>http://www.apache.org/</strong> |
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| <strong>OPTIONS</strong> |
| The <em>command </em>can be any one or more of the following options: |
| |
| <strong>start </strong>Start the Apache daemon. Gives an error if it |
| is already running. |
| |
| <strong>stop </strong>Stops the Apache daemon. |
| |
| <strong>restart </strong>Restarts the Apache daemon by sending it a |
| SIGHUP. If the daemon is not running, it is |
| started. This command automatically checks the |
| configuration files via <strong>configtest </strong>before ini- |
| tiating the restart to make sure Apache doesn't |
| die. |
| |
| <strong>fullstatus </strong>Displays a full status report from <strong>mod_status.</strong> |
| For this to work, you need to have mod_status |
| enabled on your server and a text-based browser |
| such as <em>lynx </em>available on your system. The URL |
| used to access the status report can be set by |
| editing the <strong>STATUSURL </strong>variable in the script. |
| |
| <strong>status </strong>Displays a brief status report. Similar to the |
| fullstatus option, except that the list of |
| requests currently being served is omitted. |
| |
| <strong>graceful </strong>Gracefully restarts the Apache daemon by sending |
| it a SIGUSR1. If the daemon is not running, it |
| is started. This differs from a normal restart |
| in that currently open connections are not |
| aborted. A side effect is that old log files |
| will not be closed immediately. This means that |
| if used in a log rotation script, a substantial |
| delay may be necessary to ensure that the old |
| log files are closed before processing them. |
| This command automatically checks the configura- |
| tion files via <strong>configtest </strong>before initiating the |
| restart to make sure Apache doesn't die. |
| |
| <strong>configtest </strong>Run a configuration file syntax test. It parses |
| the configuration files and either reports <strong>Syn-</strong> |
| <strong>tax Ok </strong>or detailed information about the partic- |
| ular syntax error. |
| |
| <strong>help </strong>Displays a short help message. |
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| <strong>SEE ALSO</strong> |
| <strong>httpd(8)</strong> |
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