is run as a daemon that executes continuously in the
background to handle requests. This document describes how
to invoke <code>httpd</code>.</p>
-</div><div id="quickview"><ul id="toc"><li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#startup">How Apache Starts</a></li><li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#errors">Errors During Start-up</a></li><li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#boot">Starting at Boot-Time</a></li><li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#info">Additional Information</a></li></ul></div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="./images/up.gif" /></a></div><div class="section"><h2><a name="startup" id="startup">How Apache Starts</a></h2>
+</div><div id="quickview"><ul id="toc"><li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#startup">How Apache Starts</a></li><li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#errors">Errors During Start-up</a></li><li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#boot">Starting at Boot-Time</a></li><li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#info">Additional Information</a></li></ul><
h3>See also</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="stopping.html">Stopping Apache</a></li><li><a href="programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></li><li><a href="programs/apachectl.html">apachectl</a></li></ul></div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="./images/up.gif" /></a></div><div class="section"><h2><a name="startup" id="startup">How Apache Starts</a></h2>
<p>If the <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mpm_common.html#listen">Listen</a></code>
specified in the configuration file is default of 80 (or any other
run as a less privileged user. This is controlled by the selected
<a href="mpm.html">Multi-Processing Module</a>.</p>
+ <p>The recommended method of invoking the <code>httpd</code>
+ executable is to use the <a href="programs/apachectl.html">apachectl</a> control script. This
+ script sets certain environment variables that are necessary for
+ <code>httpd</code> to function correctly under some operating
+ systems, and then invokes the <code>httpd</code> binary.
+ <code>apachectl</code> will pass through any command line
+ arguments, so any <code>httpd</code> options may also be used with
+ <code>apachectl</code>. You may also directly edit the
+ <code>apachectl</code> script by changing the <code>HTTPD</code>
+ variable near the top to specify the correct location of the
+ <code>httpd</code> binary and any command-line arguments that you
+ wish to be <em>always</em> present.</p>
+
<p>The first thing that <code>httpd</code> does when it is
invoked is to locate and read the <a href="configuring.html">configuration file</a>
<code>httpd.conf</code>. The location of this file is set at
compile-time, but it is possible to specify its location at run
time using the <code>-f</code> command-line option as in</p>
-<div class="example"><p><code>/usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -f
+<div class="example"><p><code>/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -f
/usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf</code></p></div>
- <p>As an alternative to invoking the <code>httpd</code> binary
- directly, a shell script called <a href="programs/apachectl.html">apachectl</a> is provided which
- can be used to control the daemon process with simple commands
- such as <code>apachectl start</code> and <code>apachectl
- stop</code>.</p>
-
<p>If all goes well during startup, the server will detach from
the terminal and the command prompt will return almost
immediately. This indicates that the server is up and running.
</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="./images/up.gif" /></a></div><div class="section"><h2><a name="boot" id="boot">Starting at Boot-Time</a></h2>
<p>If you want your server to continue running after a system
- reboot, you should add a call to <code>httpd</code> or
- <code>apachectl</code> to your system startup files (typically
- <code>rc.local</code> or a file in an <code>rc.N</code>
- directory). This will start Apache as root. Before doing this
- ensure that your server is properly configured for security and
- access restrictions. The <code>apachectl</code> script is
- designed so that it can often be linked directly as an init
- script, but be sure to check the exact requirements of your
- system.</p>
+ reboot, you should add a call to <code>apachectl</code> to your
+ system startup files (typically <code>rc.local</code> or a file in
+ an <code>rc.N</code> directory). This will start Apache as
+ root. Before doing this ensure that your server is properly
+ configured for security and access restrictions.</p>
+
+ <p>The <code>apachectl</code> script is designed to act like a
+ standard SysV init script; it can take the arguments
+ <code>start</code>, <code>restart</code>, and <code>stop</code>
+ and translate them into the appropriate signals to
+ <code>httpd</code>. So you can often simply link
+ <code>apachectl</code> into the appropriate init directory. But be
+ sure to check the exact requirements of your system.</p>
</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="./images/up.gif" /></a></div><div class="section"><h2><a name="info" id="info">Additional Information</a></h2>
<p>Additional information about the command-line options of <a href="programs/httpd.html">httpd</a> and <a href="programs/apachectl.html">apachectl</a> as well as other
to invoke <code>httpd</code>.</p>
</summary>
+<seealso><a href="stopping.html">Stopping Apache</a></seealso>
+<seealso><a href="programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></seealso>
+<seealso><a href="programs/apachectl.html">apachectl</a></seealso>
+
<section id="startup"><title>How Apache Starts</title>
<p>If the <directive module="mpm_common">Listen</directive>
run as a less privileged user. This is controlled by the selected
<a href="mpm.html">Multi-Processing Module</a>.</p>
+ <p>The recommended method of invoking the <code>httpd</code>
+ executable is to use the <a
+ href="programs/apachectl.html">apachectl</a> control script. This
+ script sets certain environment variables that are necessary for
+ <code>httpd</code> to function correctly under some operating
+ systems, and then invokes the <code>httpd</code> binary.
+ <code>apachectl</code> will pass through any command line
+ arguments, so any <code>httpd</code> options may also be used with
+ <code>apachectl</code>. You may also directly edit the
+ <code>apachectl</code> script by changing the <code>HTTPD</code>
+ variable near the top to specify the correct location of the
+ <code>httpd</code> binary and any command-line arguments that you
+ wish to be <em>always</em> present.</p>
+
<p>The first thing that <code>httpd</code> does when it is
invoked is to locate and read the <a
href="configuring.html">configuration file</a>
compile-time, but it is possible to specify its location at run
time using the <code>-f</code> command-line option as in</p>
-<example>/usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -f
+<example>/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -f
/usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf</example>
- <p>As an alternative to invoking the <code>httpd</code> binary
- directly, a shell script called <a
- href="programs/apachectl.html">apachectl</a> is provided which
- can be used to control the daemon process with simple commands
- such as <code>apachectl start</code> and <code>apachectl
- stop</code>.</p>
-
<p>If all goes well during startup, the server will detach from
the terminal and the command prompt will return almost
immediately. This indicates that the server is up and running.
<section id="boot"><title>Starting at Boot-Time</title>
<p>If you want your server to continue running after a system
- reboot, you should add a call to <code>httpd</code> or
- <code>apachectl</code> to your system startup files (typically
- <code>rc.local</code> or a file in an <code>rc.N</code>
- directory). This will start Apache as root. Before doing this
- ensure that your server is properly configured for security and
- access restrictions. The <code>apachectl</code> script is
- designed so that it can often be linked directly as an init
- script, but be sure to check the exact requirements of your
- system.</p>
+ reboot, you should add a call to <code>apachectl</code> to your
+ system startup files (typically <code>rc.local</code> or a file in
+ an <code>rc.N</code> directory). This will start Apache as
+ root. Before doing this ensure that your server is properly
+ configured for security and access restrictions.</p>
+
+ <p>The <code>apachectl</code> script is designed to act like a
+ standard SysV init script; it can take the arguments
+ <code>start</code>, <code>restart</code>, and <code>stop</code>
+ and translate them into the appropriate signals to
+ <code>httpd</code>. So you can often simply link
+ <code>apachectl</code> into the appropriate init directory. But be
+ sure to check the exact requirements of your system.</p>
</section>
<section id="info"><title>Additional Information</title>
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