<p>Only the SysV init-style options are defined here. Other arguments
are defined on the <code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> manual page.</p>
<dl>
<dt><code>start</code></dt>
<dd>Start the Apache <code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> daemon. Gives an error if it
is already running. This is equivalent to <code>apachectl -k
start</code>.</dd>
<dt><code>stop</code></dt>
<dd>Stops the Apache <code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> daemon. This is equivalent to
<code>apachectl -k stop</code>.</dd>
<dt><code>restart</code></dt>
<dd>Restarts the Apache <code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> daemon. If the daemon is
not running, it is started. This command automatically checks the
configuration files as in <code>configtest</code> before initiating
the restart to make sure the daemon doesn't die. This is equivalent
to <code>apachectl -k restart</code>.</dd>
<dt><code>fullstatus</code></dt>
<dd>Displays a full status report from <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_status.html">mod_status</a></code>.
For this to work, you need to have <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_status.html">mod_status</a></code> enabled
on your server and a text-based browser such as <code>lynx</code>
available on your system. The URL used to access the status report
can be set by editing the <code>STATUSURL</code> variable in the
script.</dd>
<dt><code>status</code></dt>
<dd>Displays a brief status report. Similar to the
<code>fullstatus</code> option, except that the list of requests
currently being served is omitted.</dd>
<dt><code>graceful</code></dt>
<dd>Gracefully restarts the Apache <code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> daemon. 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 as in <code>configtest</code> before initiating the
restart to make sure Apache doesn't die. This is equivalent to
<code>apachectl -k graceful</code>.</dd>
<dt><code>graceful-stop</code></dt>
<dd>Gracefully stops the Apache <code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> daemon.
This differs from a normal stop in that currently open connections are not
aborted. A side effect is that old log files will not be closed immediately.
This is equivalent to <code>apachectl -k graceful-stop</code>.</dd>
<dt><code>configtest</code></dt>
<dd>Run a configuration file syntax test. It parses the configuration
files and either reports <code>Syntax Ok</code>
or detailed information about the particular syntax error. This is
equivalent to <code>apachectl -t</code>.</dd>
</dl>
<p>The following option was available in earlier versions but has been removed.</p>
<dl>
<dt><code>startssl</code></dt>
<dd>To start <code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> with SSL support, you should edit
your configuration file to include the relevant directives and then
use the normal <code>apachectl start</code>.</dd>
</dl>
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