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HTTPD(8)


NAME

  httpd - Apache Hypertext Transfer Protocol Server


SYNOPSIS

  httpd [ -d serverroot ] [ -f config ] [ -C directive ] [ -c directive ] [
  -D parameter ] [ -e level ] [ -E file ] [ -k start|restart|graceful|stop ]
  [ -R directory ] [ -h ] [ -l ] [ -L ] [ -S ] [ -t ] [ -v ] [ -V ] [ -X ]

  On Windows systems, the following additional arguments are available:

  httpd [ -k install|config|uninstall ] [ -n name ] [ -w ]


SUMMARY

  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 or threads to handle requests.

  In general, httpd should not be invoked directly, but rather should be
  invoked via apachectl on Unix-based systems or as a service on Windows NT,
  2000 and XP and as a console application on Windows 9x and ME.


OPTIONS

  -d serverroot
       Set the initial value for the ServerRoot directive to serverroot. This
       can be overridden by the ServerRoot directive in the configuration
       file. The default is /usr/local/apache2.

  -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 conf/httpd.conf.

  -k start|restart|graceful|stop
       Signals httpd 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 <IfDefine>
       sections in the configuration files to conditionally 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 using the LoadModule directive.

  -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 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.

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

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

  -X   Run httpd in debug mode. Only one worker will be started and the
       server will not detach from the console.

  The following arguments are available only on the Windows platform:

  -k install|config|uninstall
       Install Apache as a Windows NT service; change startup options for the
       Apache service; and uninstall the Apache service.

  -n name
       The name of the Apache service to signal.

  -w   Keep the console window open on error so that the error message can be
       read.

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