| -d | Set the initial value for the ServerRoot directive to serverroot. This can be overridden by the ServerRoot directive in the configuration file. |
| -f | 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 | Signals apache2 to start, restart, or stop. See Stopping Apache for more information. |
| -C | Process the configuration directive before reading config files. |
| -c | Process the configuration directive after reading config files. |
| -D | Sets a configuration parameterwhich can be used with <IfDefine> sections in the configuration files to conditionally skip or process commands at server startup and restart. |
| -e | 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 | Send error messages during server startup to file. |
| -R | 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. |
| -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_VHOSTSis 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. |
NAME
apache2 - Apache Hypertext Transfer Protocol Server
SYNOPSIS
apache2 [ -dserverroot ] [ -fconfig ] [ -Cdirective ] [ -cdirective ] [ -Dparameter ] [ -elevel ] [ -Efile ] [ -k start|restart|graceful|stop|graceful-stop ] [ -Rdirectory ] [ -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 directive 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 parameterwhich 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.
- -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_VHOSTSis 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.
SEE ALSO
apache2ctl(8), /usr/share/doc/apache2/README.Debian.gz