apachectl(8)

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 apache-perl 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 apache-perl binary. See the com

ments 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 op

tions:

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 com

mand 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 send

ing it a SIGUSR1. If the daemon is not running, it is started.

This differs from a normal restart in that currently open connec

tions are not aborted. A side effect is that old log files will

not be closed immediately. This means that if used in a log ro

tation 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 pars

es the configuration files and either reports Syntax Ok or de

tailed information about the particular syntax error.

help Displays a short help message.

SEE ALSO

apache-perl(8)

February 2004

apachectl(8)