<?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>httpd - Apache Hypertext Transfer Protocol Server - 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>httpd - Apache Hypertext Transfer Protocol Server</h1> <div class="toplang"> <p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/programs/httpd.html" title="English"> en </a> | <a href="../ko/programs/httpd.html" hreflang="ko" rel="alternate" title="Korean"> ko </a> | <a href="../tr/programs/httpd.html" hreflang="tr" rel="alternate" title="T�rk�e"> tr </a></p> </div> <p><code>httpd</code> is the Apache HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server program. It is designed to be run as a standalone daemon process. When used like this it will create a pool of child processes or threads to handle requests.</p> <p>In general, <code>httpd</code> should not be invoked directly, but rather should be invoked via <code class="program"><a href="../programs/apachectl.html">apachectl</a></code> on Unix-based systems or <a href="../platform/windows.html#winsvc">as a service on Windows NT, 2000 and XP</a> and <a href="../platform/windows.html#wincons">as a console application on Windows 9x and ME</a>.</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-specific Documentation</a></li><li><code class="program"><a href="../programs/apachectl.html">apachectl</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><code><strong>httpd</strong> [ -<strong>d</strong> <var>serverroot</var> ] [ -<strong>f</strong> <var>config</var> ] [ -<strong>C</strong> <var>directive</var> ] [ -<strong>c</strong> <var>directive</var> ] [ -<strong>D</strong> <var>parameter</var> ] [ -<strong>e</strong> <var>level</var> ] [ -<strong>E</strong> <var>file</var> ] [ <strong>-k</strong> start|restart|graceful|stop ] [ -<strong>R</strong> <var>directory</var> ] [ -<strong>h</strong> ] [ -<strong>l</strong> ] [ -<strong>L</strong> ] [ -<strong>S</strong> ] [ -<strong>t</strong> ] [ -<strong>v</strong> ] [ -<strong>V</strong> ] [ -<strong>X</strong> ]</code></p> <p>On <a href="../platform/windows.html">Windows systems</a>, the following additional arguments are available:</p> <p><code><strong>httpd</strong> [ -<strong>k</strong> install|config|uninstall ] [ -<strong>n</strong> <var>name</var> ] [ -<strong>w</strong> ]</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> <dl> <dt><code>-d <var>serverroot</var></code></dt> <dd>Set the initial value for the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</a></code> directive to <var>serverroot</var>. This can be overridden by the ServerRoot directive in the configuration file. The default is <code>/usr/local/apache2</code>.</dd> <dt><code>-f <var>config</var></code></dt> <dd>Uses the directives in the file <var>config</var> on startup. If <var>config</var> does not begin with a /, then it is taken to be a path relative to the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</a></code>. The default is <code>conf/httpd.conf</code>.</dd> <dt><code>-k <code>start|restart|graceful|stop</code></code></dt> <dd>Signals <code>httpd</code> to start, restart, or stop. See <a href="../stopping.html">Stopping Apache</a> for more information.</dd> <dt><code>-C <var>directive</var></code></dt> <dd>Process the configuration <var>directive</var> before reading config files.</dd> <dt><code>-c <var>directive</var></code></dt> <dd>Process the configuration <var>directive</var> after reading config files.</dd> <dt><code>-D <var>parameter</var></code></dt> <dd>Sets a configuration <var>parameter </var>which can be used with <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#ifdefine"><IfDefine></a></code> sections in the configuration files to conditionally skip or process commands at server startup and restart.</dd> <dt><code>-e <var>level</var></code></dt> <dd>Sets the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#loglevel">LogLevel</a></code> to <var>level</var> during server startup. This is useful for temporarily increasing the verbosity of the error messages to find problems during startup.</dd> <dt><code>-E <var>file</var></code></dt> <dd>Send error messages during server startup to <var>file</var>.</dd> <dt><code>-R <var>directory</var></code></dt> <dd>When the server is compiled using the <code>SHARED_CORE</code> rule, this specifies the <var>directory</var> for the shared object files.</dd> <dt><code>-h</code></dt> <dd>Output a short summary of available command line options.</dd> <dt><code>-l</code></dt> <dd>Output a list of modules compiled into the server. This will <strong>not</strong> list dynamically loaded modules included using the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_so.html#loadmodule">LoadModule</a></code> directive.</dd> <dt><code>-L</code></dt> <dd>Output a list of directives together with expected arguments and places where the directive is valid.</dd> <dt><code>-S</code></dt> <dd>Show the settings as parsed from the config file (currently only shows the virtualhost settings).</dd> <dt><code>-t</code></dt> <dd>Run syntax tests for configuration files only. The program immediately exits after these syntax parsing tests with either a return code of 0 (Syntax OK) or return code not equal to 0 (Syntax Error). If -D <var>DUMP</var>_<var>VHOSTS </var>is also set, details of the virtual host configuration will be printed.</dd> <dt><code>-v</code></dt> <dd>Print the version of <code>httpd</code>, and then exit.</dd> <dt><code>-V</code></dt> <dd>Print the version and build parameters of <code>httpd</code>, and then exit.</dd> <dt><code>-X</code></dt> <dd>Run httpd in debug mode. Only one worker will be started and the server will not detach from the console.</dd> </dl> <p>The following arguments are available only on the <a href="../platform/windows.html">Windows platform</a>:</p> <dl> <dt><code>-k install|config|uninstall</code></dt> <dd>Install Apache as a Windows NT service; change startup options for the Apache service; and uninstall the Apache service.</dd> <dt><code>-n <var>name</var></code></dt> <dd>The <var>name</var> of the Apache service to signal.</dd> <dt><code>-w</code></dt> <dd>Keep the console window open on error so that the error message can be read.</dd> </dl> </div></div> <div class="bottomlang"> <p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/programs/httpd.html" title="English"> en </a> | <a href="../ko/programs/httpd.html" hreflang="ko" rel="alternate" title="Korean"> ko </a> | <a href="../tr/programs/httpd.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>