1APACHECTL(8)                       apachectl                      APACHECTL(8)
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NAME

6       apachectl - Apache HTTP Server Control Interface
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SYNOPSIS

10       When  acting in pass-through mode, apachectl can take all the arguments
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14       apachectl [ httpd-argument ]
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17       When acting in SysV init mode, apachectl takes  simple,  one-word  com‐
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SUMMARY

26       apachectl  is  a  front  end  to the Apache HyperText Transfer Protocol
27       (HTTP) server. It is designed to help  the  administrator  control  the
28       functioning of the Apache httpd daemon.
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31       The  apachectl  script can operate in two modes. First, it can act as a
32       simple front-end to the httpd command that simply  sets  any  necessary
33       environment  variables and then invokes httpd, passing through any com‐
34       mand line arguments. Second, apachectl can act as a SysV  init  script,
35       taking  simple  one-word  arguments  like start, restart, and stop, and
36       translating them into appropriate signals to httpd.
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39       If your Apache installation uses non-standard paths, you will  need  to
40       edit  the  apachectl  script  to set the appropriate paths to the httpd
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45       The  apachectl  script  returns a 0 exit value on success, and >0 if an
46       error occurs. For more details, view the comments in the script.
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OPTIONS

51       Only the SysV init-style options are defined here. Other arguments  are
52       defined on the httpd manual page.
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56       start  Start  the  Apache httpd daemon. Gives an error if it is already
57              running. This is equivalent to apachectl -k start.
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59       stop   Stops the Apache httpd daemon. This is equivalent  to  apachectl
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63              Restarts  the Apache httpd daemon. If the daemon is not running,
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65              tion  files  as  in  configtest before initiating the restart to
66              make  sure  the  daemon  doesn't  die.  This  is  equivalent  to
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70              Displays a full status report from mod_status. For this to work,
71              you need to have mod_status enabled on your server and  a  text-
72              based  browser  such  as  lynx available on your system. The URL
73              used to access the status report can be set by editing the  STA‐
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76       status Displays  a  brief  status  report.  Similar  to  the fullstatus
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81              Gracefully  restarts  the  Apache httpd daemon. If the daemon is
82              not running, it is started. This differs from a  normal  restart
83              in  that  currently  open  connections  are  not aborted. A side
84              effect is that old log files will  not  be  closed  immediately.
85              This  means that if used in a log rotation script, a substantial
86              delay may be necessary to ensure that  the  old  log  files  are
87              closed before processing them. This command automatically checks
88              the configuration files as in configtest before  initiating  the
89              restart  to  make sure Apache doesn't die. This is equivalent to
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93              Gracefully stops the Apache httpd daemon. This  differs  from  a
94              normal  stop in that currently open connections are not aborted.
95              A side effect is that old log files will not be  closed  immedi‐
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99              Run  a  configuration file syntax test. It parses the configura‐
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101              about  the  particular  syntax  error.  This  is  equivalent  to
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105       The following option was available in earlier  versions  but  has  been
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111              To start httpd with SSL support, you should edit your configura‐
112              tion file to include the relevant directives and  then  use  the
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