During the installation process, a Bourne shell script named
httpd was saved in
/etc/rc.d/init.d/. To manually stop, start, or
check the status of your
server, run httpd with either stop,
start, or status as an argument.
To start your server, type the command:
/sbin/service httpd start |
If you are running Apache as a secure server, you will be prompted to
fill in your password. After you type it in, your server will start.
To stop your server, type the command:
The command restart is a shorthand way of stopping
and then starting your server. The restart command
explicitly stops and then starts your server. You will be prompted
for your password if you are running Apache as a secure server. The
restart command looks like the following:
/sbin/service httpd restart |
If you just finished editing something in your
httpd.conf file, you do not need to explicitly stop
and start your server. Instead, you can use the
reload command. When you use
reload, you will not need to type in your password.
Your password will remain cached across reloads, but it will not be
cached between stops and starts. The reload command
looks like the following:
/sbin/service httpd reload |
By default, the httpd process will start
automatically when your machine boots. If you are running Apache as a
secure server, you will be prompted for the secure server's password
after the machine boots, unless you generated a key for your secure
server without password protection.
