apachectl.8(1)

NAME
     apachectl - Apache HTTP server control interface

SYNOPSIS
     apachectl command [...]

DESCRIPTION
     apachectl  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 httpd daemon.

     NOTE: If your Apache installation uses non-standard paths, you will need to
     edit the apachectl script to set the appropriate paths to your PID file and
     your httpd binary.  See the comments in the script for details.

     The  apachectl script returns a 0 exit value on success, and >0 if an error
     occurs.  For more details, view the comments in the script.

     Full documentation for Apache is available at http://httpd.apache.org/

OPTIONS
     The command can be any one or more of the following options:

     start       Start the Apache daemon.  Gives an error if it is already  run-
                 ning.

     stop        Stops the Apache daemon.

     restart     Restarts the Apache daemon by sending it a SIGHUP.  If the dae-
                 mon  is not running, it is started.  This command automatically
                 checks the configuration files via configtest before initiating
                 the restart to make sure Apache doesn't die.

     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
                 STATUSURL variable in the script.

     status      Displays a brief status report.  Similar to the fullstatus  op-
                 tion,  except  that the list of requests currently being served
                 is omitted.

     graceful    Gracefully restarts the Apache daemon by sending it a  SIGUSR1.
                 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 via configtest be-
                 fore initiating the restart to make sure Apache doesn't die.

     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.

     help        Displays a short help message.

SEE ALSO
     httpd(8)