Manual: apache2

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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|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
       -d serverroot
	      Set the initial value for the ServerRoot directive to serverroot. This can be overridden by the ServerRoot di‐
	      rective in the configuration 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  sections in the configuration files to condi‐
	      tionally 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 us‐
	      ing the LoadModule directive.

       -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 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.

       -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.

SIGNALS
       The following signal are understood by apache process

       SIGUSR1
	      gracefully restart apache.

       SIGWINCH
	      gracefully  stop	apache.	  Note	that resizing the terminal window while Apache is running in debug mode will
	      cause it to terminate.

SEE ALSO
       apache2ctl(8), /usr/share/doc/apache2/README.Debian.gz

Apache HTTP Server					 2008-04-05						  APACHE2(8)