APACHECTL(8)							     apachectl							      APACHECTL(8)

NAME

       apachectl - Apache HTTP Server Control Interface

SYNOPSIS

       When acting in pass-through mode, apachectl can take all the arguments available for the httpd binary.

       apachectl [ httpd-argument ]

       When acting in SysV init mode, apachectl takes simple, one-word commands, defined below.

       apachectl command

SUMMARY

       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.

       The apachectl script can operate in two modes. First, it can act as a simple front-end to the httpd command that simply sets any  necessary
       environment  variables and then invokes httpd, passing through any command line arguments. Second, apachectl can act as a SysV init script,
       taking simple one-word arguments like start, restart, and stop, and translating them into appropriate signals to httpd.

       If your Apache installation uses non-standard paths, you will need to edit the apachectl script to set the appropriate paths to	the  httpd
       binary. You can also specify any necessary httpd command line arguments. 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.

OPTIONS

       Only the SysV init-style options are defined here. Other arguments are defined on the httpd manual page.

       start  Start the Apache httpd daemon. Gives an error if it is already running. This is equivalent to apachectl -k start.

       stop   Stops the Apache httpd daemon. This is equivalent to apachectl -k stop.

       restart
	      Restarts	the  Apache httpd daemon. If the daemon is not running, it is started. This command automatically checks the configuration
	      files as in configtest before initiating the restart to make sure the daemon  doesn't  die.  This  is  equivalent  to  apachectl	-k
	      restart.

       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 omit-
	      ted.

       graceful
	      Gracefully restarts the Apache httpd 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 configtest before initiating the restart to make sure Apache
	      doesn't die. This is equivalent to apachectl -k graceful.

       graceful-stop
	      Gracefully stops the Apache httpd 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 apachectl -k graceful-stop.

       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. This is equivalent to apachectl -t.

       The following option was available in earlier versions but has been removed.

       startssl
	      To start httpd with SSL support, you should edit your configuration file to include the relevant directives and then use the  normal
	      apachectl start.

Apache HTTP Server						    2005-08-26							      APACHECTL(8)