apachectl
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: September 1997
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NAME
apachectl - Apache HTTP server control interface
SYNOPSIS
apachectl
command [...]
DESCRIPTION
apachectl
is a front end to the Apache HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
server. It is designed to help the administrator control the
functioning of the Apache
httpd
daemon.
NOTE:
If your Apache installation uses non-standard paths, you will need to
edit the
apachectl
script to set the appropriate paths to your PID file and your
httpd
binary. See the comments in the script for details.
The
apachectl
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
http://httpd.apache.org/
OPTIONS
The command can be any one or more of the following options:
- start
-
Start the Apache daemon. Gives an error if it is already running.
- stop
-
Stops the Apache daemon.
- restart
-
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
configtest
before initiating the restart to make sure Apache doesn't die.
- fullstatus
-
Displays a full status report from
mod_status.
For this to work, you need to have mod_status enabled on your server
and a text-based browser such as lynx available on your system. The
URL used to access the status report can be set by editing the
STATUSURL
variable in the script.
- status
-
Displays a brief status report. Similar to the fullstatus option,
except that the list of requests currently being served is omitted.
- graceful
-
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 configuration files via
configtest
before initiating the restart to make sure Apache doesn't die.
- configtest
-
Run a configuration file syntax test. It parses the configuration
files and either reports
Syntax Ok
or detailed information about the particular syntax error.
- help
-
Displays a short help message.
SEE ALSO
httpd(8)
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