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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  com-
       mands, 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 com-
       mand 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  argu-
       ments. 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  configura-
              tion  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  STA-
              TUSURL variable in the script.
       status Displays a brief status report using systemd.
       graceful
              Gracefully  restarts  the  Apache httpd daemon. If the daemon is
              not running, it is not  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  immedi-
              ately.  This means that if used in a log rotation script, a sub-
              stantial 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  initiat-
              ing the restart to make sure Apache doesn't die. This is equiva-
              lent 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  immedi-
              ately. This is equivalent to apachectl -k graceful-stop.
       configtest
              Run  a  configuration file syntax test. It parses the configura-
              tion 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 configura-
              tion file to include the relevant directives and  then  use  the
              normal apachectl start.


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