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httpd(8)


NAME

  httpd - Apache hypertext transfer protocol server


SYNOPSIS

  httpd [ -X ] [ -R libexecdir ] [ -d serverroot ] [ -f config ] [ -C
  directive ] [ -c directive ] [ -D parameter ]

  httpd [ -h ] [ -l ] [ -L ] [ -v ] [ -V ] [ -S ] [ -t ] [ -T ]


DESCRIPTION

  httpd 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 to handle requests. To stop it,
  send a TERM signal to the initial (parent) process. The PID of this process
  is written to a file as given in the configuration file.  Alternatively
  httpd may be invoked by the Internet daemon inetd(8) each time a connection
  to the HTTP service is made.

  This manual page only lists the command line arguments. For details of the
  directives necessary to configure httpd see the Apache manual, which is
  part of the Apache distribution or can be found at
  http://httpd.apache.org/. Paths in this manual may not reflect those
  compiled into httpd.


OPTIONS

  -R libexecdir
	      This option is only available if Apache was built with the
	      SHARED_CORE rule enabled which forces the Apache core code to
	      be placed into a dynamic shared object (DSO) file. This file is
	      searched in a hardcoded path under ServerRoot per default. Use
	      this option if you want to override it.

  -d serverroot
	      Set the initial value for the ServerRoot directive to
	      serverroot. This can be overridden by the ServerRoot command in
	      the configuration file. The default is /usr/local/apache.

  -f config   Execute the commands 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 conf/httpd.conf.

  -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
	      <IfDefine>...</IfDefine> sections in the configuration files to
	      conditionally skip or process commands.

  -h	      Output a short summary of available command line options.

  -l	      Output a list of modules compiled into the server.

  -L	      Output a list of directives together with expected arguments
	      and places where the directive is valid.

  -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 with either a
	      return code of 0 (Syntax OK) or return code not equal to 0
	      (Syntax Error).

  -T	      Same as option -t but does not check the configured document
	      roots.

  -X	      Run in single-process mode, for internal debugging purposes
	      only; the daemon does not detach from the terminal or fork any
	      children. Do NOT use this mode to provide ordinary web service.

  -v	      Print the version of httpd , and then exit.

  -V	      Print the version and build parameters of httpd , and then
	      exit.


FILES

  /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf
  /usr/local/apache/conf/srm.conf
  /usr/local/apache/conf/access.conf
  /usr/local/apache/conf/mime.types
  /usr/local/apache/conf/magic
  /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log
  /usr/local/apache/logs/access_log
  /usr/local/apache/logs/httpd.pid


SEE ALSO

  inetd(8).

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