httpd - Apache Hypertext Transfer Protocol Server

is the Apache HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server program. It is designed to be run as a standalone daemon process. When used like this it will create a pool of child processes or threads to handle requests.

should not be invoked directly, but rather should be invoked via

on Unix-based systems or apache2ctlas a service on Windows NT, 2000 and XP and as a console application on Windows 9x and ME.

httpd [ -d serverroot ] [ -f config ] [ -C directive ] [ -c directive ] [ -D parameter ] [ -e level ] [ -E file ] [ -k start|restart|graceful|stop|graceful-stop ] [ -R directory ] [ -h ] [ -l ] [ -L ] [ -S ] [ -t ] [ -v ] [ -V ] [ -X ] [ -M ] [ -T ]

On Windows systems, the following additional arguments are available:

httpd [ -k install|config|uninstall ] [ -n name ] [ -w ]

directive to /usr/local/apache2

. The default is conf/apache2.conf

sections in the configuration files to conditionally skip or process commands at server startup and restart. Also can be used to set certain less-common startup parameters including -DNO_DETACH

(prevent the parent from forking) and -DFOREGROUND

(prevent the parent from calling setsid()

et al).-e level

(Available in 2.3.8 and later)-t

, and then exit.-V

The following arguments are available only on the Windows platform:

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