1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 2<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> 3<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><head><!-- 4 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 5 This file is generated from xml source: DO NOT EDIT 6 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 7 --> 8<title>apachectl - Apache HTTP Server Control Interface - Apache HTTP Server</title> 9<link href="/style/css/manual.css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="Main stylesheet" /> 10<link href="/style/css/manual-loose-100pc.css" rel="alternate stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="No Sidebar - Default font size" /> 11<link href="/style/css/manual-print.css" rel="stylesheet" media="print" type="text/css" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/style/css/prettify.css" /> 12<script src="/style/scripts/prettify.js" type="text/javascript"> 13</script> 14 15<link href="/images/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" /></head> 16<body id="manual-page"><div id="page-header"> 17<p class="menu"><a href="/mod/">Modules</a> | <a href="/mod/directives.html">Directives</a> | <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/FAQ">FAQ</a> | <a href="/glossary.html">Glossary</a> | <a href="/sitemap.html">Sitemap</a></p> 18<p class="apache">Apache HTTP Server Version 2.2</p> 19<img alt="" src="/images/feather.gif" /></div> 20<div class="up"><a href="./"><img title="<-" alt="<-" src="/images/left.gif" /></a></div> 21<div id="path"> 22<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 2.2</a> > <a href="./">Programs</a></div><div id="page-content"><div id="preamble"><h1>apachectl - Apache HTTP Server Control Interface</h1> 23<div class="toplang"> 24<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="/en/programs/apachectl.html" title="English"> en </a> | 25<a href="/ko/programs/apachectl.html" hreflang="ko" rel="alternate" title="Korean"> ko </a> | 26<a href="/tr/programs/apachectl.html" hreflang="tr" rel="alternate" title="T�rk�e"> tr </a></p> 27</div> 28 29 <p><code>apachectl</code> is a front end to the Apache HyperText 30 Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server. It is designed to help the 31 administrator control the functioning of the Apache 32 <code class="program"><a href="/programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> daemon.</p> 33 34 <p>The <code>apachectl</code> script can operate in two modes. 35 First, it can act as a simple front-end to the <code class="program"><a href="/programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> 36 command that simply sets any necessary environment variables and 37 then invokes <code class="program"><a href="/programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code>, passing through any command line 38 arguments. Second, <code>apachectl</code> can act as a SysV init 39 script, taking simple one-word arguments like <code>start</code>, 40 <code>restart</code>, and <code>stop</code>, and translating them 41 into appropriate signals to <code class="program"><a href="/programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code>.</p> 42 43 <p>If your Apache installation uses non-standard paths, you will 44 need to edit the <code>apachectl</code> script to set the 45 appropriate paths to the <code class="program"><a href="/programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> binary. You can also 46 specify any necessary <code class="program"><a href="/programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> command line arguments. 47 See the comments in the script for details.</p> 48 49 <p>The <code>apachectl</code> script returns a 0 exit value on 50 success, and >0 if an error occurs. For more details, view 51 the comments in the script.</p> 52</div> 53<div id="quickview"><ul id="toc"><li><img alt="" src="/images/down.gif" /> <a href="#synopsis">Synopsis</a></li> 54<li><img alt="" src="/images/down.gif" /> <a href="#options">Options</a></li> 55</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><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div> 56<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="/images/up.gif" /></a></div> 57<div class="section"> 58<h2><a name="synopsis" id="synopsis">Synopsis</a></h2> 59 60<p>When acting in pass-through mode, <code>apachectl</code> can take 61all the arguments available for the <code class="program"><a href="/programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> 62binary.</p> 63 64<p><code><strong>apachectl</strong> [ <var>httpd-argument</var> ]</code></p> 65 66<p>When acting in SysV init mode, <code>apachectl</code> takes simple, 67one-word commands, defined below.</p> 68 69<p><code><strong>apachectl</strong> <var>command</var></code></p> 70 71</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="/images/up.gif" /></a></div> 72<div class="section"> 73<h2><a name="options" id="options">Options</a></h2> 74 75<p>Only the SysV init-style options are defined here. Other arguments 76are defined on the <code class="program"><a href="/programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> manual page.</p> 77 78<dl> 79 80<dt><code>start</code></dt> 81 82<dd>Start the Apache <code class="program"><a href="/programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> daemon. Gives an error if it 83is already running. This is equivalent to <code>apachectl -k 84start</code>.</dd> 85 86<dt><code>stop</code></dt> 87 88<dd>Stops the Apache <code class="program"><a href="/programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> daemon. This is equivalent to 89<code>apachectl -k stop</code>.</dd> 90 91<dt><code>restart</code></dt> 92 93<dd>Restarts the Apache <code class="program"><a href="/programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> daemon. If the daemon is 94not running, it is started. This command automatically checks the 95configuration files as in <code>configtest</code> before initiating 96the restart to make sure the daemon doesn't die. This is equivalent 97to <code>apachectl -k restart</code>.</dd> 98 99<dt><code>fullstatus</code></dt> 100 101<dd>Displays a full status report from <code class="module"><a href="/mod/mod_status.html">mod_status</a></code>. 102For this to work, you need to have <code class="module"><a href="/mod/mod_status.html">mod_status</a></code> enabled 103on your server and a text-based browser such as <code>lynx</code> 104available on your system. The URL used to access the status report 105can be set by editing the <code>STATUSURL</code> variable in the 106script.</dd> 107 108<dt><code>status</code></dt> 109 110<dd>Displays a brief status report. Similar to the 111<code>fullstatus</code> option, except that the list of requests 112currently being served is omitted.</dd> 113 114<dt><code>graceful</code></dt> 115 116<dd>Gracefully restarts the Apache <code class="program"><a href="/programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> daemon. If the 117daemon is not running, it is started. This differs from a normal 118restart in that currently open connections are not aborted. A side 119effect is that old log files will not be closed immediately. This 120means that if used in a log rotation script, a substantial delay may 121be necessary to ensure that the old log files are closed before 122processing them. This command automatically checks the configuration 123files as in <code>configtest</code> before initiating the 124restart to make sure Apache doesn't die. This is equivalent to 125<code>apachectl -k graceful</code>.</dd> 126 127<dt><code>graceful-stop</code></dt> 128 129<dd>Gracefully stops the Apache <code class="program"><a href="/programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> daemon. 130This differs from a normal stop in that currently open connections are not 131aborted. A side effect is that old log files will not be closed immediately. 132This is equivalent to <code>apachectl -k graceful-stop</code>.</dd> 133 134<dt><code>configtest</code></dt> 135 136<dd>Run a configuration file syntax test. It parses the configuration 137files and either reports <code>Syntax Ok</code> 138or detailed information about the particular syntax error. This is 139equivalent to <code>apachectl -t</code>.</dd> 140 141</dl> 142 143<p>The following option was available in earlier versions but has been removed.</p> 144 145<dl> 146 147<dt><code>startssl</code></dt> 148 149<dd>To start <code class="program"><a href="/programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> with SSL support, you should edit 150your configuration file to include the relevant directives and then 151use the normal <code>apachectl start</code>.</dd> 152 153</dl> 154 155</div></div> 156<div class="bottomlang"> 157<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="/en/programs/apachectl.html" title="English"> en </a> | 158<a href="/ko/programs/apachectl.html" hreflang="ko" rel="alternate" title="Korean"> ko </a> | 159<a href="/tr/programs/apachectl.html" hreflang="tr" rel="alternate" title="T�rk�e"> tr </a></p> 160</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img src="/images/up.gif" alt="top" /></a></div><div class="section"><h2><a id="comments_section" name="comments_section">Comments</a></h2><div class="warning"><strong>Notice:</strong><br />This is not a Q&A section. 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