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Chapter 14. Apache HTTP Server

Note

Red Hat, Inc. does not ship FrontPage extensions as the Microsoft  license prohibits the inclusion

of these extensions in a third party product. To find out more about FrontPage extensions and the

Apache HTTP Server, refer to http://www.rtr.com/fpsupport/.

14.4. Starting and Stopping

httpd

The the

httpd

RPM installs the

/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd

Bourne script, which is accessed using

the

/sbin/service

command.

To start your server, as root type:

/sbin/service httpd start

Note

If you are running the Apache HTTP Server as a secure server, you will be prompted to type your

password.

To stop your server, type the command:

/sbin/service httpd stop

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 the Apache HTTP Server 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.

Note

If you are running the Apache HTTP Server as a secure server, you will not need to type your

password when using the reload option as the password will remain cached across reloads.

The

reload

command looks like the following example:

/sbin/service httpd reload

By default, the

httpd

process will not start automatically when your machine boots. You will

need to configure the

httpd

service to start up at boot time using an initscript utility, such as

/sbin/chkconfig

, /sbin/ntsysv, or the Services Configuration Tool program.

Please refer to the chapter titled Controlling Access to Services in Official Red Hat Linux Customiza 

tion Guide for more information regarding these tools.