


APACHECTL2(8)               apachectl2              APACHECTL2(8)


NAME
       apachectl2 - Apache HTTP Server Control Interface


SYNOPSIS
       When acting in pass-through mode, apachectl2 can take all the arguments
       available for the httpd2 binary.


       apachectl2 [ httpd2-argument ]


       When acting in SysV init mode, apachectl2 takes simple,  one-word  com-
       mands, defined below.


       apachectl2 command



SUMMARY
       apachectl2  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 httpd2 daemon.


       The  apachectl2 script can operate in two modes. First, it can act as a
       simple front-end to the httpd2 command that simply sets  any  necessary
       environment variables and then invokes httpd2, passing through any com-
       mand line arguments. Second, apachectl2 can act as a SysV init  script,
       taking  simple  one-word  arguments  like start, restart, and stop, and
       translating them into appropriate signals to httpd2.


       If your Apache installation uses non-standard paths, you will  need  to
       edit  the  apachectl2 script to set the appropriate paths to the httpd2
       binary. You can also specify any necessary httpd2  command  line  argu-
       ments. See the comments in the script for details.


       The  apachectl2  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 httpd2 manual page.



       start  Start  the Apache httpd2 daemon. Gives an error if it is already
              running. This is equivalent to apachectl2 -k start.




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       stop   Stops the Apache httpd2 daemon. This is equivalent to apachectl2
              -k stop.

       restart
              Restarts the Apache httpd2 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
              apachectl2 -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.  Similar  to  the fullstatus
              option, except that the list of requests currently being  served
              is omitted.

       graceful
              Gracefully  restarts  the Apache httpd2 daemon. 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 as in configtest before  initiating  the
              restart  to  make sure Apache doesn't die. This is equivalent to
              apachectl2 -k graceful.

       graceful-stop
              Gracefully stops the Apache httpd2 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 apachectl2 -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
              apachectl2 -t.


       The following option was available in earlier  versions  but  has  been
       removed.



       startssl
              To  start httpd2 with SSL support, you should edit your configu-
              ration file to include the relevant directives and then use  the



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              normal apachectl2 start.
























































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