apachectl - Apache HTTP server control interface
apachectl command [...]
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/
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. If the Apache daemon runs
chrooted (default in OpenBSD) and 3rd party
modules are loaded, restart may fail due to
path inconsistency. Completely stop and start
the daemon instead.
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 con-
figtest 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.
httpd(8)
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