apache28
Apache hypertext transfer protocol server
Usage
apache2 [-d
serverroot]
[-f
config]
[-C
directive]
[-c
directive]
[-D
parameter]
[-e
level]
[-E
file]
[{-k
start | restart | graceful | 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 requests.
In general, apache2 should not be invoked directly, but rather should be invoked via /etc/init.d/apache2 or apache2ctl. The default Debian configuration requires environment variables that are defined in /etc/apache2/envvars and are not available if apache2 is started directly. 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
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-d serverroot -
Set the initial value for the ServerRoot directive to serverroot. This can be overridden by the ServerRoot directive in the configuration file.
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-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.
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-k start|restart|graceful|stop|graceful-stop -
Signals apache2 to start, restart, or stop. See Stopping Apache for more information.
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-C directive -
Process the configuration directive before reading config files.
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-c directive -
Process the configuration directive after reading config files.
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-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.
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-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.
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-E file -
Send error messages during server startup to file.
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-R directory -
When the server is compiled using the SHARED_CORE rule, this specifies the directory for the shared object files.
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-h -
Output a short summary of available command line options.
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-l -
Output a list of modules compiled into the server. This will
notlist dynamically loaded modules included using the LoadModule directive.
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-L -
Output a list of directives together with expected arguments and places where the directive is valid.
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-M -
Dump a list of loaded Static and Shared Modules.
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-S -
Show the settings as parsed from the config file (currently only shows the virtualhost settings).
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-t -
Run syntax tests for configuration files only. The program immediately exits after these syntax parsing tests with either a return 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.
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-v -
Print the version of apache2, and then exit.
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-V -
Print the version and build parameters of apache2, and then exit.
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-X -
Run apache2 in debug mode. Only one worker will be started and the server will not detach from the console.
Releases
11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 2 times.
-C since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-D since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-E since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-M since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-R since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-c since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-d since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-e since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-f since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-k since Debian 5.0 (Lenny).