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29 <p><code>httpd</code> is the Apache HyperText Transfer Protocol
30 (HTTP) server program. It is designed to be run as a standalone
31 daemon process. When used like this it will create a pool of
32 child processes or threads to handle requests.</p>
34 <p>In general, <code>httpd</code> should not be invoked directly,
35 but rather should be invoked via <code class="program"><a href="../programs/apachectl.html">apachectl</a></code> on Unix-based systems or <a href="../platform/windows.html#winsvc">as a service on Windows NT,
36 2000 and XP</a> and <a href="../platform/windows.html#wincons">as
37 a console application on Windows 9x and ME</a>.</p>
39 <div id="quickview"><ul id="toc"><li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#synopsis">Synopsis</a></li>
40 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#options">Options</a></li>
41 </ul><h3>See also</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="../invoking.html">Starting Apache httpd</a></li><li><a href="../stopping.html">Stopping Apache httpd</a></li><li><a href="../configuring.html">Configuration Files</a></li><li><a href="../platform/">Platform-specific Documentation</a></li><li><code class="program"><a href="../programs/apachectl.html">apachectl</a></code></li></ul><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div>
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44 <h2><a name="synopsis" id="synopsis">Synopsis</a></h2>
45 <p><code><strong>httpd</strong> [ -<strong>d</strong>
46 <var>serverroot</var> ] [ -<strong>f</strong> <var>config</var> ]
47 [ -<strong>C</strong> <var>directive</var> ] [ -<strong>c</strong>
48 <var>directive</var> ] [ -<strong>D</strong> <var>parameter</var> ]
49 [ -<strong>e</strong> <var>level</var> ] [ -<strong>E</strong>
51 [ <strong>-k</strong> start|restart|graceful|stop|graceful-stop ]
52 [ -<strong>R</strong> <var>directory</var> ] [ -<strong>h</strong> ]
53 [ -<strong>l</strong> ] [ -<strong>L</strong> ] [ -<strong>S</strong> ]
54 [ -<strong>t</strong> ] [ -<strong>v</strong> ] [ -<strong>V</strong> ]
55 [ -<strong>X</strong> ] [ -<strong>M</strong> ] [ -<strong>T</strong> ]
58 <p>On <a href="../platform/windows.html">Windows systems</a>, the
59 following additional arguments are available:</p>
61 <p><code><strong>httpd</strong> [ -<strong>k</strong>
62 install|config|uninstall ] [ -<strong>n</strong> <var>name</var> ]
63 [ -<strong>w</strong> ]</code></p>
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66 <h2><a name="options" id="options">Options</a></h2>
69 <dt><code>-d <var>serverroot</var></code></dt>
71 <dd>Set the initial value for the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</a></code> directive to
72 <var>serverroot</var>. This can be overridden by the ServerRoot
73 directive in the configuration file. The default is
74 <code>/usr/local/apache2</code>.</dd>
76 <dt><code>-f <var>config</var></code></dt>
78 <dd>Uses the directives in the file <var>config</var> on startup. If
79 <var>config</var> does not begin with a /, then it is taken to be a
80 path relative to the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</a></code>. The default is
81 <code>conf/httpd.conf</code>.</dd>
83 <dt><code>-k <code>start|restart|graceful|stop|graceful-stop</code></code></dt>
85 <dd>Signals <code>httpd</code> to start, restart, or stop. See <a href="../stopping.html">Stopping Apache httpd</a> for more information.</dd>
87 <dt><code>-C <var>directive</var></code></dt>
89 <dd>Process the configuration <var>directive</var> before reading
92 <dt><code>-c <var>directive</var></code></dt>
94 <dd>Process the configuration <var>directive</var> after reading config
98 <dt><code>-D <var>parameter</var></code></dt>
100 <dd>Sets a configuration <var>parameter </var>which can be used with
101 <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#ifdefine"><IfDefine></a></code> sections
102 in the configuration files to conditionally skip or process commands
103 at server startup and restart. Also can be used to set certain
104 less-common startup parameters including <code>-DNO_DETACH</code>
105 (prevent the parent from forking) and <code>-DFOREGROUND</code>
106 (prevent the parent from calling <code>setsid()</code> et al).</dd>
108 <dt><code>-e <var>level</var></code></dt>
110 <dd>Sets the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#loglevel">LogLevel</a></code> to
111 <var>level</var> during server startup. This is useful for
112 temporarily increasing the verbosity of the error messages to find
113 problems during startup.</dd>
115 <dt><code>-E <var>file</var></code></dt>
117 <dd>Send error messages during server startup to <var>file</var>.</dd>
119 <dt><code>-h</code></dt>
121 <dd>Output a short summary of available command line options.</dd>
123 <dt><code>-l</code></dt>
125 <dd>Output a list of modules compiled into the server. This will
126 <strong>not</strong> list dynamically loaded modules included using
127 the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_so.html#loadmodule">LoadModule</a></code> directive.</dd>
129 <dt><code>-L</code></dt>
131 <dd>Output a list of directives provided by static modules, together with expected arguments and
132 places where the directive is valid. Directives provided by shared modules are not listed.</dd>
134 <dt><code>-M</code></dt>
136 <dd>Dump a list of loaded Static and Shared Modules.</dd>
138 <dt><code>-S</code></dt>
140 <dd>Show the settings as parsed from the config file (currently only
141 shows the virtualhost settings).</dd>
143 <dt><code>-T</code> (Available in 2.3.8 and later)</dt>
145 <dd>Skip document root check at startup/restart.</dd>
147 <dt><code>-t</code></dt>
149 <dd>Run syntax tests for configuration files only. The program
150 immediately exits after these syntax parsing tests with either a return code
151 of 0 (Syntax OK) or return code not equal to 0 (Syntax Error). If -D
152 <var>DUMP</var>_<var>VHOSTS </var>is also set, details of the virtual host
153 configuration will be printed. If -D <var>DUMP</var>_<var>MODULES </var> is
154 set, all loaded modules will be printed. If -D <var>DUMP</var>_<var>CERTS </var>
155 is set and <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code> is used, configured SSL certificates will
156 be printed. If -D <var>DUMP</var>_<var>CA</var>_<var>_CERTS </var> is set and
157 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code> is used, configured SSL CA certificates and configured
158 directories containing SSL CA certificates will be printed.</dd>
160 <dt><code>-v</code></dt>
162 <dd>Print the version of <code>httpd</code>, and then exit.</dd>
164 <dt><code>-V</code></dt>
166 <dd>Print the version and build parameters of <code>httpd</code>, and
169 <dt><code>-X</code></dt>
171 <dd>Run httpd in debug mode. Only one worker will be started and the
172 server will not detach from the console.</dd>
176 <p>The following arguments are available only on the <a href="../platform/windows.html">Windows platform</a>:</p>
180 <dt><code>-k install|config|uninstall</code></dt>
182 <dd>Install Apache httpd as a Windows NT service; change startup options for
183 the Apache httpd service; and uninstall the Apache httpd service.</dd>
185 <dt><code>-n <var>name</var></code></dt>
187 <dd>The <var>name</var> of the Apache httpd service to signal.</dd>
189 <dt><code>-w</code></dt>
191 <dd>Keep the console window open on error so that the error message can
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