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APACHECTL(8)
NAME
  apachectl - Apache HTTP Server Control Interface

SYNOPSIS
  When acting in pass-through mode, apachectl can take all the arguments
  available for the httpd binary.

  apachectl [ httpd-argument ]

  When acting in SysV init mode, apachectl takes simple, one-word commands,
  defined below.

  apachectl command

SUMMARY
  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.

  The apachectl script can operate in two modes. First, it can act as a
  simple front-end to the httpd command that simply sets any necessary
  environment variables and then invokes httpd, passing through any command
  line arguments. Second, apachectl can act as a SysV init script, taking
  simple one-word arguments like start, restart, and stop, and translating
  them into appropriate signals to httpd.

  If your Apache installation uses non-standard paths, you will need to edit
  the apachectl script to set the appropriate paths to the httpd binary. You
  can also specify any necessary httpd command line arguments. 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.

OPTIONS
  Only the SysV init-style options are defined here. Other arguments are
  defined on the httpd manual page.

  start
       Start the Apache httpd daemon. Gives an error if it is already
       running. This is equivalent to apachectl -k start.

  stop Stops the Apache httpd daemon. This is equivalent to apachectl -k
       stop.

  restart
       Restarts the Apache httpd daemon. If the daemon is not running, it is
       started. This command automatically checks the configuration files as
       in configtest before initiating the restart to make sure the daemon
       doesn't die. This is equivalent to apachectl -k restart.

  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 httpd daemon. 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 as in configtest before
       initiating the restart to make sure Apache doesn't die. This is
       equivalent to apachectl -k graceful.

  graceful-stop
       Gracefully stops the Apache httpd daemon. This differs from a normal
       stop in that currently open connections are not aborted. A side effect
       is that old log files will not be closed immediately. This is
       equivalent to apachectl -k graceful-stop.

  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. This is equivalent to apachectl -t.

  The following option was available in earlier versions but has been
  removed.

  startssl
       To start httpd with SSL support, you should edit your configuration
       file to include the relevant directives and then use the normal
       apachectl start.

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