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apache2ctl(8)							 apache2ctl(8)

NAME
       apache2ctl - Apache HTTP server control interface

SYNOPSIS
       When  acting  in SysV init mode, apache2ctl takes simple, one-word com‐
       mands, defined below.

       apachectl command

       apache2ctl command

       When acting in pass-through mode, apache2ctl can take all the arguments
       available for the httpd binary.

       apachectl [httpd-argument]

       apache2ctl [httpd-argument]

DESCRIPTION
       apache2ctl  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 apache2 daemon.

       NOTE:  The  default Debian configuration requires the environment vari‐
       ables APACHE_RUN_USER, APACHE_RUN_GROUP, and APACHE_PID_FILE to be  set
       in /etc/apache2/envvars.

       The  apache2ctl	script returns a 0 exit value on success, and >0 if an
       error occurs.  For more details, view the comments in the script.

OPTIONS
       The command can be any one or more of the following options:

       start	     Start the Apache daemon.  Gives an error if it is already
		     running.

       stop	     Stops the Apache daemon.

       restart	     Restarts  the  Apache  daemon by sending it a SIGHUP.  If
		     the daemon is not running, it is started.	 This  command
		     automatically  checks  the	 configuration	files via con‐
		     figtest before initiating the restart to  to  catch   the
		     most  obvious  errors.  However, it is still possible for
		     the daemon to die because of problems with the configura‐
		     tion.

       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 setting the APACHE_STATUSURL variable in
		     /etc/apache2/envvars.

       status	     Displays a brief status report. Similar to the fullstatus
		     option,  except that the list of requests currently being
		     served is omitted.

       graceful	     Gracefully restarts the Apache daemon  by	sending	 it  a
		     SIGUSR1.	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 automat‐
		     ically checks the configuration files via apache2ctl con‐
		     figtest  before  initiating  the  restart to to catch the
		     most obvious errors.  However, it is still	 possible  for
		     the daemon to die because of problems with the configura‐
		     tion.

       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.

       configtest    Run  a configuration file syntax test. It parses the con‐
		     figuration files and either reports Syntax Ok or informa‐
		     tion  about  the  particular syntax error. This test does
		     not catch all errors.

       help	     Displays a short help message.

       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 apache2ctl start.

ENVIRONMENT
       The  behaviour  of  apache2ctl can be influenced with these environment
       variables:      APACHE_HTTPD,	  APACHE_LYNX,	     APACHE_STATUSURL,
       APACHE_ULIMIT_MAX_FILES,	       APACHE_RUN_DIR,	      APACHE_LOCK_DIR,
       APACHE_RUN_USER, APACHE_ARGUMENTS, APACHE_ENVVARS.  See the comments in
       the script for details.	These variables (except APACHE_ENVVARS) can be
       set in /etc/apache2/envvars.

SEE ALSO
       apache2(8), /usr/share/doc/apache2.2-common/README.Debian.gz

				  April 2008			 apache2ctl(8)
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