httpd

Apache hypertext transfer protocol server

httpd [-X] [-R libexecdir] [ -d serverroot] [-f config] [ -C directive] [-c directive] [-D parameter]

httpd [-h] [-l] [-L] [-v] [-V] [-S] [-t] [-T]

sudo apachectl start|stop|restart

httpd may be invoked by the Internet daemon inetd(8) each time a connection to the HTTP service is made.

See the Apache manual .

-k start   restart   graceful   stop   graceful-stop
-e lvl	Error Log level
-E startupErrsFile	error messages during startup
-d serverroot	Default /usr/local/apache2.
-f startCmdsFile	Execute startCmdsFile on startup. Default /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf.
-C directive	Process before config
-c directive	Process after config
-D parameter	Sets a configuration parameter which can be used with <IfDefine>..</IfDefine> sections in the configuration files to conditionally skip or process commands.
-l	list of modules compiled into the server.
-L	list directives provided by statuc modules
-M	map of loaded Static and Shared Modules.
-S	Show virtualhost settings as parsed config
-t	Run syntax tests for config
-T	Skip document root check at startup/restart.
-X	single-process debugging
-R libexecdir	Overides ServerRoot only Apache built with SHARED_CORE
-v	output version and exit.
-V	output version and build parameters exit. Server version: Apache/2.2.22 (Unix) Server built: Aug 24 2012 17:16:58 Server's Module Magic Number: 20051115:30 Server loaded: APR 1.4.5, APR-Util 1.3.12 Compiled using: APR 1.4.5, APR-Util 1.3.12 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_FLOCK_SERIALIZE -D APR_USE_PTHREAD_SERIALIZE -D SINGLE_LISTEN_UNSERIALIZED_ACCEPT -D APR_HAS_OTHER_CHILD -D AP_HAVE_RELIABLE_PIPED_LOGS -D DYNAMIC_MODULE_LIMIT=128 -D HTTPD_ROOT="/usr" -D SUEXEC_BIN="/usr/bin/suexec" -D DEFAULT_PIDLOG="/private/var/run/httpd.pid" -D DEFAULT_SCOREBOARD="logs/apache_runtime_status" -D DEFAULT_LOCKFILE="/private/var/run/accept.lock" -D DEFAULT_ERRORLOG="logs/error_log" -D AP_TYPES_CONFIG_FILE="/private/etc/apache2/mime.types" -D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="/private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf"
-h	Usage: ./httpd [-D name] [-d directory] [-f file] [-C "directive"] [-c "directive"] [-k start|restart|graceful|graceful-stop|stop] [-v] [-V] [-h] [-l] [-L] [-t] [-T] [-S] Options: -D name : define a name for use in directives -d directory : specify an alternate initial ServerRoot -f file : specify an alternate ServerConfigFile -C "directive" : process directive before reading config files -c "directive" : process directive after reading config files -e level : show startup errors of level (see LogLevel) -E file : log startup errors to file -v : show version number -V : show compile settings -h : list available command line options (this page) -l : list compiled in modules -L : list available configuration directives -t -D DUMP_VHOSTS : show parsed settings (currently only vhost settings) -S : a synonym for -t -D DUMP_VHOSTS -t -D DUMP_MODULES : show all loaded modules -M : a synonym for -t -D DUMP_MODULES -t : run syntax check for config files -T : start without DocumentRoot(s) check

FILES

       /etc/httpd/httpd.conf
       /etc/httpd/srm.conf
       /etc/httpd/access.conf
       /etc/httpd/mime.types
       /etc/httpd/magic
       /var/log/httpd/error_log
       /var/log/httpd/access_log
       /var/run/httpd.pid

.htaccess contains pointer to the password file.

.htpasswd is a frequent name.

See also

		Allowed in *.conf	in .htaccess when AllowOverride…
<Files	Container for directives affecting files matching specified patterns	anywhere	isn't None
<IfVersion (mod_version.c)	a comparison operator, a version (and a delimiter)	anywhere [no per-dir config]	isn't None
<Limit	Container for authentication directives when accessed using specified HTTP methods	anywhere	isn't None
<LimitExcept	Container for authentication directives to be applied when any HTTP method other than those specified is used to access the resource	anywhere	isn't None
<IfModule	Container for directives based on existance of specified modules	anywhere	isn't None
<IfDefine	Container for directives based on existance of command line defines	anywhere	isn't None
<FilesMatch	Container for directives affecting files matching specified patterns	anywhere	isn't None
AuthType	An HTTP authorization type (e.g., "Basic")	only inside Directory, Files or Location	includes AuthConfig
AuthName	authentication realm (e.g. "Members Only")	only inside Directory, Files or Location	includes AuthConfig
Require	Selects which authenticated users or groups may access a protected space	only inside Directory, Files or Location	includes AuthConfig
Satisfy	access policy if both allow and require used ('all' or 'any')	only inside Directory, Files or Location	includes AuthConfig
AddDefaultCharset	The name of the default charset to add to any Content-Type without one or 'Off' to disable	anywhere	includes FileInfo
AcceptPathInfo	Set to on or off for PATH_INFO to be accepted by handlers, or default for the per-handler preference	anywhere	includes FileInfo
ErrorDocument	Change responses for HTTP errors	anywhere	includes FileInfo
Options of attributes for a given directory
None Turns off all extra features. All Enables every feature except MultiViews. Indexes Shows a folder listing if no index file (like index.html) is found. FollowSymLinks follow symbolic links. ExecCGI Allows running CGI scripts. Includes Enables server-side includes. a plus sign (+) to add an attribute to the inherited settings. a minus sign (-) to remove an attribute from the inherited settings. Mixing + and - in the same line requires care, as an option without + or - resets the list entirely.		anywhere	includes Options
ContentDigest	whether or not to send a Content-MD5 header with each request	anywhere	includes Options
DefaultType	default MIME type for untypable files	anywhere	includes FileInfo
ForceType	a mime type that overrides other configured type	anywhere	includes FileInfo
FileETag	Specify components used to construct a file's ETag	anywhere	includes FileInfo
EnableMMAP	Controls whether memory-mapping may be used to read files	anywhere	includes FileInfo
EnableSendfile	Controls whether sendfile may be used to transmit files	anywhere	includes FileInfo
ServerSignature	En-/disable server signature (on|off|email)	anywhere	isn't None
RLimitCPU	Soft/hard limits for max CPU usage in seconds	anywhere	isn't None
SetHandler	handler override	anywhere	includes FileInfo
SetOutputFilter	filter (or ; delimited list of filters) to be run on the request content	anywhere	includes FileInfo
SetInputFilter	filter (or ; delimited list of filters) to be run on the request body	anywhere	includes FileInfo
AddOutputFilterByType	output filter name followed by one or more content-types	anywhere	includes FileInfo
LimitRequestBody	Limit (in bytes) on maximum size of request message body	anywhere	isn't None
Protocol	Protocol for httpd to use.
Port	replaced with Listen in Apache 2.0	only outside Directory, Files or Location
AcceptFilter	Accept Filter to use for a protocol
ServerAlias	alternately used to access the server
ServerPath	server pathname
User	Effective user id
Group	Effective group id
DocumentRoot	Root directory of the document tree
Timeout	seconds
AllowOverride	the groups of directives can be configured by per-directory config files	only inside Directory, Files or Location
Include	additional config file	anywhere
HostnameLookups one | off	reverse DNS lookups, or double to enable double-reverse DNS lookups	anywhere
ServerAdmin	email address of the server administrator.
ServerName	hostname and port of the server.
ServerRoot	Common directory of server-related files (logs, confs, etc.).
LogLevel	for error logging
CustomLog	name and custom log format string or format name, and an optional "env=" clause (see docs)
TransferLog	access log
CookieLog	filename
BufferedLogs	Enable Buffered Logging (experimental)
ErrorLog	filename of the error log.
LogFormat	a log format string (see docs) and an optional format name
UseCanonicalName	How to work out the ServerName : Port when constructing URLs	anywhere
UseCanonicalPhysicalPort	Whether to use the physical Port when constructing URLs.	anywhere
NameVirtualHost	numeric IP address:port or name of a host
PidFile	file for logging the server process ID
ServerTokens	Determine tokens displayed in the Server: header - Min(imal), OS or Full
LimitRequestLine	maximum size
LimitRequestFields	max number of header fields in a request message(0 = unlimited)
LimitRequestFieldsize	maximum size of request header field
LimitXMLRequestBody	maximum size of an XML-based request body (bytes)
MaxRanges	Maximum number of Ranges in a request before returning the entire resource (0 unlimited)	anywhere
MaxRequestsPerChild	serves before dying.
MaxMemFree	1k blocks a childs allocator may hold.
<Directory	Container for directives affecting resources located in the specified directories
<DirectoryMatch	Container for directives affecting resources located in the specified directories
<LocationMatch	Container for directives affecting resources accessed through the specified URL paths
<Location	Container for directives affecting resources accessed through the specified URL paths
<VirtualHost	Container to map directives to a particular virtual host, takes one or more host addresses
AllowEncodedSlashes	Allow URLs containing '/' encoded as '%2F'
RLimitMEM	Soft/hard limits for max memory usage per process
RLimitNPROC	soft/hard limits for max number of processes per uid
LimitInternalRecursion	maximum recursion depth of internal redirects and subrequests
AccessFileName	per-directory config files (default: )
ScoreBoardFile	used to maintain runtime process management information
LockFile	used when needed to lock the accept() call
AcceptMutex	Valid accept mutexes for this platform and MPM are: default, flock, fcntl, sysvsem, posixsem, pthread.
ThreadStackSize	bytes of stack used by threads handling client connections
TraceEnable	'on' (default), 'off' or 'extended' to trace request body content
Suexec	Enable or disable
ChrootDir	The directory to chroot(2) into
ListenBacklog	Maximum length of the queue of pending connections, as used by listen(2)
Listen	A port number or a numeric IP address and a port number, and an optional protocol
SendBufferSize	Send buffer size in bytes
ReceiveBufferSize	Receive buffer size in bytes
StartServers	Number of child processes launched at server startup
MinSpareThreads	Minimum number of idle threads, to handle request spikes
MaxSpareThreads	Maximum number of idle threads
MaxClients	Maximum number of threads alive at the same time
ThreadsPerChild	Number of threads each child creates
ServerLimit	Maximum number of child processes
ThreadLimit	Maximum number of worker threads per child process Upper limit for ThreadsPerChild
KeepAliveTimeout	seconds
MaxKeepAliveRequests	per connection.
KeepAlive	persistent connections should be On or Off
LoadModule	module and shared object file to load it from
LoadFile	shared object file or library to load at runtime
GracefulShutdownTimeout	seconds to wait for child processes during shutdown
CoreDumpDirectory	change to before dumping core

starting apache under Mac OS X
sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist

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