apachectl – web server Apache control interface

To view possible options of apachectl – web server Apache server control interface run command:

root@shkodenko:~# apachectl --help
Usage: /usr/sbin/apachectl start|stop|restart|graceful|graceful-stop|configtest|status|fullstatus|help
       /usr/sbin/apachectl <apache2 args>
       /usr/sbin/apachectl -h            (for help on <apache2 args>)
root@shkodenko:~#

To view full version information run:

root@shkodenko:~# apachectl -V
Server version: Apache/2.2.22 (Debian)
Server built:   Feb  1 2014 21:26:04
Server's Module Magic Number: 20051115:30
Server loaded:  APR 1.4.6, APR-Util 1.4.1
Compiled using: APR 1.4.6, APR-Util 1.4.1
Architecture:   64-bit
Server MPM:     Prefork
  threaded:     no
    forked:     yes (variable process count)
Server compiled with....
 -D APACHE_MPM_DIR="server/mpm/prefork"
 -D APR_HAS_SENDFILE
 -D APR_HAS_MMAP
 -D APR_HAVE_IPV6 (IPv4-mapped addresses enabled)
 -D APR_USE_SYSVSEM_SERIALIZE
 -D APR_USE_PTHREAD_SERIALIZE
 -D APR_HAS_OTHER_CHILD
 -D AP_HAVE_RELIABLE_PIPED_LOGS
 -D DYNAMIC_MODULE_LIMIT=128
 -D HTTPD_ROOT="/etc/apache2"
 -D SUEXEC_BIN="/usr/lib/apache2/suexec"
 -D DEFAULT_PIDLOG="/var/run/apache2.pid"
 -D DEFAULT_SCOREBOARD="logs/apache_runtime_status"
 -D DEFAULT_LOCKFILE="/var/run/apache2/accept.lock"
 -D DEFAULT_ERRORLOG="logs/error_log"
 -D AP_TYPES_CONFIG_FILE="mime.types"
 -D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="apache2.conf"
root@shkodenko:~#

To view list of compiled-in modules execute:

root@shkodenko:~# apachectl -l
Compiled in modules:
  core.c
  mod_log_config.c
  mod_logio.c
  mod_version.c
  prefork.c
  http_core.c
  mod_so.c
root@shkodenko:~#

To check web server Apache syntax run:

root@shkodenko:~# apachectl configtest
Syntax OK
root@shkodenko:~#

To restart web server Apache gracefully run command:

root@shkodenko:~# apachectl graceful