apache2ctl(8)
NAME
apache2ctl - Apache HTTP server control interface
SYNOPSIS
When acting in SysV init mode, apache2ctl takes simple, one-word commands, 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 variables 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
configtest 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
configuration.
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
automatically checks the configuration files via
apache2ctl configtest 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 configuration.
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
configuration files and either reports Syntax Ok or
information 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/README.Debian.gz
April 2008 apache2ctl(8)
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