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
