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apachectl(1)
NAME
  apachectl - Apache HTTP server control interface

SYNOPSIS
  apachectl command [...]

DESCRIPTION
  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.

  NOTE: If your Apache installation uses non-standard paths, you will need to
  edit the apachectl script to set the appropriate paths to your PID file and
  your httpd binary.  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.

  Full documentation for Apache is available at http://httpd.apache.org/

OPTIONS
  The command can be any one or more of the following options:

  start	      Start the Apache daemon.	Gives an error if it is already
	      running.

  stop	      Stops the Apache daemon.

  restart     Restarts the Apache daemon by sending it a SIGHUP.  If the
	      daemon is not running, it is started.  This command
	      automatically checks the configuration files via configtest
	      before initiating the restart to make sure Apache doesn't die.

  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 daemon by sending it a SIGUSR1.
	      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 via configtest
	      before initiating the restart to make sure Apache doesn't die.
	      On certain platforms that do not allow SIGUSR1 to be used for a
	      graceful restart, an alternative signal may be used (such as
	      SIGWINCH).  graceful will send the right signal for your
	      platform.

  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.

  help	      Displays a short help message.

SEE ALSO
  httpd(8)

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