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 stand-alone 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 com-
                   mand  in   the   configuration   file.   The   default   is
                   /usr/local/apache.

       -f config   Execute the commands in the file config on startup. If con-
                   fig 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  argu-
                   ments 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 docu-
                   ment 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).

                                 February 2004                        httpd(8)