APACHE2(8) apache2 APACHE2(8)
NAME
apache2 - Apache Hypertext Transfer Protocol Server
SYNOPSIS
apache2 [ -d serverroot ] [ -f config ] [ -C directive ] [ -c directive
] [ -D parameter ] [ -e level ] [ -E file ] [ -k start|restart|grace-
ful|stop|graceful-stop ] [ -R directory ] [ -h ] [ -l ] [ -L ] [ -S ] [
-t ] [ -v ] [ -V ] [ -X ] [ -M ]
SUMMARY
apache2 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 re-
quests.
In general, apache2 should not be invoked directly, but rather should be
invoked via /etc/init.d/apache2 or apache2ctl. The default Debian con-
figuration requires environment variables that are defined in
/etc/apache2/envvars and are not available if apache2 is started di-
rectly. However, apache2ctl can be used to pass arbitrary arguments to
apache2.
DOCUMENTATION
The full documentation is available in the apache2-doc package or at
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/ . Information about Debian specific
changes and configuration can be found in
/usr/share/doc/apache2/README.Debian.gz .
OPTIONS
-d serverroot
Set the initial value for the ServerRoot directive to serverroot.
This can be overridden by the ServerRoot directive in the config-
uration file.
-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 /etc/apache2/apache2.conf.
-k start|restart|graceful|stop|graceful-stop
Signals apache2 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 configuration files to conditionally skip or
process 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 messages 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 directory 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 di-
rective.
-L Output a list of directives together with expected arguments and
places where the directive is valid.
-M Dump a list of loaded Static and Shared Modules.
-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 imme-
diately exits after these syntax parsing tests with either a re-
turn 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. If -D DUMP_MODULES is set,
all loaded modules will be printed.
-v Print the version of apache2, and then exit.
-V Print the version and build parameters of apache2, and then exit.
-X Run apache2 in debug mode. Only one worker will be started and
the server will not detach from the console.
SEE ALSO
apache2ctl(8), /usr/share/doc/apache2/README.Debian.gz
Apache HTTP Server 2008-04-05 APACHE2(8)
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