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APACHECTL(8)                                      apachectl                                     APACHECTL(8)



NAME
       apachectl - Apache HTTP Server Control Interface


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


       apachectl [ httpd-argument ]


       When acting in SysV init mode, apachectl takes simple, one-word commands, defined below.


       apachectl command



SUMMARY
       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.


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


       If your Apache installation uses non-standard paths, you will need to edit the  apachectl  script  to
       set  the appropriate paths to the httpd binary. You can also specify any necessary httpd command line
       arguments. 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.



OPTIONS
       Only  the  SysV  init-style options are defined here. Other arguments are defined on the httpd manual
       page.



       start  Loads the org.apache.httpd launchd job.

       stop, graceful-stop
              Unloads the org.apache.httpd launchd job.

       restart, graceful
              Unloads, then loads the org.apache.httpd launchd job.

       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 option,  except  that  the  list  of
              requests currently being served is omitted.

       configtest
              Run  a  configuration  file  syntax test. It parses the configuration files and either reports
              Syntax Ok or detailed information about the particular syntax error.  This  is  equivalent  to
              apachectl -t.


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



       startssl
              To  start httpd with SSL support, you should edit your configuration file to include the rele-vant relevant
              vant directives and then use the normal apachectl start.




Apache HTTP Server                               2005-09-20                                     APACHECTL(8)