APACHECTL2(8)                     apachectl2                     APACHECTL2(8)



NAME
       apachectl2 - Apache HTTP Server Control Interface


SYNOPSIS
       When acting in pass-through mode, apachectl2 can take all the arguments
       available for the httpd2 binary.


       apachectl2 [ httpd2-argument ]


       When acting in SysV init mode, apachectl2 takes simple, one-word
       commands, defined below.


       apachectl2 command



SUMMARY
       apachectl2 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 httpd2 daemon.


       The apachectl2 script can operate in two modes. First, it can act as a
       simple front-end to the httpd2 command that simply sets any necessary
       environment variables and then invokes httpd2, passing through any
       command line arguments. Second, apachectl2 can act as a SysV init
       script, taking simple one-word arguments like start, restart, and stop,
       and translating them into appropriate signals to httpd2.


       If your Apache installation uses non-standard paths, you will need to
       edit the apachectl2 script to set the appropriate paths to the httpd2
       binary. You can also specify any necessary httpd2 command line
       arguments. See the comments in the script for details.


       The apachectl2 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 httpd2 manual page.



       start  Start the Apache httpd2 daemon. Gives an error if it is already
              running. This is equivalent to apachectl2 -k start.

       stop   Stops the Apache httpd2 daemon. This is equivalent to apachectl2
              -k stop.

       restart
              Restarts the Apache httpd2 daemon. If the daemon is not running,
              it is started. This command automatically checks the
              configuration files as in configtest before initiating the
              restart to make sure the daemon doesn't die. This is equivalent
              to apachectl2 -k restart.

       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.

       graceful
              Gracefully restarts the Apache httpd2 daemon. 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 as in configtest before initiating the
              restart to make sure Apache doesn't die. This is equivalent to
              apachectl2 -k graceful.

       graceful-stop
              Gracefully stops the Apache httpd2 daemon. This differs from a
              normal stop in that currently open connections are not aborted.
              A side effect is that old log files will not be closed
              immediately. This is equivalent to apachectl2 -k graceful-stop.

       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 apachectl2 -t.


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



       startssl
              To start httpd2 with SSL support, you should edit your
              configuration file to include the relevant directives and then
              use the normal apachectl2 start.




Apache HTTP Server                2005-09-20                     APACHECTL2(8)
