HTTPD(8)httpdHTTPD(8)NAMEhttpd - Apache Hypertext Transfer Protocol Server
SYNOPSIShttpd [ -d serverroot ] [ -f config ] [ -C directive ] [
-c directive ] [ -D parameter ] [ -e level ] [ -E file ] [
-k start|restart|graceful|stop ] [ -R directory ] [ -h ] [
-l ] [ -L ] [ -S ] [ -t ] [ -v ] [ -V ] [ -X ]
On Windows systems, the following additional arguments are
available:
httpd [ -k install|config|uninstall ] [ -n name ] [ -w ]
SUMMARYhttpd is the Apache HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
server program. It is designed to be run as a standalone
daemon process. When used like this it will create a pool
of child processes or threads to handle requests.
In general, httpd should not be invoked directly, but
rather should be invoked via apachectl on Unix-based sys-
tems or as a service on Windows NT, 2000 and XP and as a
console application on Windows 9x and ME.
OPTIONS-d serverroot
Set the initial value for the ServerRoot
directive to serverroot. This can be over-
ridden by the ServerRoot directive in the
configuration file. The default is
/usr/local/apache2.
-f config
Uses the directives in the file config on
startup. If config does not begin with a /,
then it is taken to be a path relative to
the ServerRoot. The default is
conf/httpd.conf.
-k start|restart|graceful|stop
Signals httpd to start, restart, or stop.
See Stopping Apache for more information.
-C directive
Process the configuration directive before
reading config files.
-c directive
Process the configuration directive after
reading config files.
-D parameter
Sets a configuration parameter which can be
used with <IfDefine> sections in the config-
uration files to conditionally skip or pro-
cess commands at server startup and restart.
-e level
Sets the LogLevel to level during server
startup. This is useful for temporarily
increasing the verbosity of the error mes-
sages to find problems during startup.
-E file
Send error messages during server startup to
file.
-R directory
When the server is compiled using the
SHARED_CORE rule, this specifies the direc-
tory for the shared object files.
-h Output a short summary of available command
line options.
-l Output a list of modules compiled into the
server. This will not list dynamically
loaded modules included using the LoadModule
directive.
-L Output a list of directives together with
expected arguments and places where the
directive is valid.
-S Show the settings as parsed from the config
file (currently only shows the virtualhost
settings).
-t Run syntax tests for configuration files
only. The program immediately exits after
these syntax parsing with either a return
code of 0 (Syntax OK) or return code not
equal to 0 (Syntax Error). If -D DUMP_VHOSTS
is also set, details of the virtual host
configuration will be printed.
-v Print the version of httpd, and then exit.
-V Print the version and build parameters of
httpd, and then exit.
-X Run httpd in debug mode. Only one worker
will be started and the server will not
detach from the console.
The following arguments are available only on the Windows
platform:
-k install|config|uninstall
Install Apache as a Windows NT service;
change startup options for the Apache ser-
vice; and uninstall the Apache service.
-n name
The name of the Apache service to signal.
-w Keep the console window open on error so
that the error message can be read.
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