<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><head><!-- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX This file is generated from xml source: DO NOT EDIT XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX --> <title>apachectl - Apache HTTP Server Control Interface - Apache HTTP Server</title> <link href="../style/css/manual.css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="Main stylesheet" /> <link href="../style/css/manual-loose-100pc.css" rel="alternate stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="No Sidebar - Default font size" /> <link href="../style/css/manual-print.css" rel="stylesheet" media="print" type="text/css" /> <link href="../images/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" /></head> <body id="manual-page"><div id="page-header"> <p class="menu"><a href="../mod/">Modules</a> | <a href="../mod/directives.html">Directives</a> | <a href="../faq/">FAQ</a> | <a href="../glossary.html">Glossary</a> | <a href="../sitemap.html">Sitemap</a></p> <p class="apache">Apache HTTP Server Version 2.0</p> <img alt="" src="../images/feather.gif" /></div> <div class="up"><a href="./"><img title="<-" alt="<-" src="../images/left.gif" /></a></div> <div id="path"> <a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">HTTP Server</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/">Documentation</a> > <a href="../">Version 2.0</a> > <a href="./">Programs</a></div><div id="page-content"><div id="preamble"><h1>apachectl - Apache HTTP Server Control Interface</h1> <div class="toplang"> <p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/programs/apachectl.html" title="English"> en </a> | <a href="../ko/programs/apachectl.html" hreflang="ko" rel="alternate" title="Korean"> ko </a> | <a href="../tr/programs/apachectl.html" hreflang="tr" rel="alternate" title="T�rk�e"> tr </a></p> </div> <p><code>apachectl</code> 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 <code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> daemon.</p> <p>The <code>apachectl</code> script can operate in two modes. First, it can act as a simple front-end to the <code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> command that simply sets any necessary environment variables and then invokes <code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code>, passing through any command line arguments. Second, <code>apachectl</code> can act as a SysV init script, taking simple one-word arguments like <code>start</code>, <code>restart</code>, and <code>stop</code>, and translating them into appropriate signals to <code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code>.</p> <p>If your Apache installation uses non-standard paths, you will need to edit the <code>apachectl</code> script to set the appropriate paths to the <code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> binary. You can also specify any necessary <code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> command line arguments. See the comments in the script for details.</p> <p>The <code>apachectl</code> script returns a 0 exit value on success, and >0 if an error occurs. For more details, view the comments in the script.</p> </div> <div id="quickview"><ul id="toc"><li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#synopsis">Synopsis</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#options">Options</a></li> </ul><h3>See also</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="../invoking.html">Starting Apache</a></li><li><a href="../stopping.html">Stopping Apache</a></li><li><a href="../configuring.html">Configuration Files</a></li><li><a href="../platform/">Platform Docs</a></li><li><code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code></li></ul></div> <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> <div class="section"> <h2><a name="synopsis" id="synopsis">Synopsis</a></h2> <p>When acting in pass-through mode, <code>apachectl</code> can take all the arguments available for the <code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> binary.</p> <p><code><strong>apachectl</strong> [ <var>httpd-argument</var> ]</code></p> <p>When acting in SysV init mode, <code>apachectl</code> takes simple, one-word commands, defined below.</p> <p><code><strong>apachectl</strong> <var>command</var></code></p> </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> <div class="section"> <h2><a name="options" id="options">Options</a></h2> <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>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 additional option is available, but deprecated.</p> <dl> <dt><code>startssl</code></dt> <dd>This is equivalent to <code>apachectl -k start -DSSL</code>. We recommend that you use that command explicitly, or you adjust your <code>httpd.conf</code> to remove the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#ifdefine"><IfDefine></a></code> section so that SSL will always be available.</dd> </dl> </div></div> <div class="bottomlang"> <p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/programs/apachectl.html" title="English"> en </a> | <a href="../ko/programs/apachectl.html" hreflang="ko" rel="alternate" title="Korean"> ko </a> | <a href="../tr/programs/apachectl.html" hreflang="tr" rel="alternate" title="T�rk�e"> tr </a></p> </div><div id="footer"> <p class="apache">Copyright 2009 The Apache Software Foundation.<br />Licensed under the <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">Apache License, Version 2.0</a>.</p> <p class="menu"><a href="../mod/">Modules</a> | <a href="../mod/directives.html">Directives</a> | <a href="../faq/">FAQ</a> | <a href="../glossary.html">Glossary</a> | <a href="../sitemap.html">Sitemap</a></p></div> </body></html>