.TH "APACHE2" 8 "2005-09-20" "Apache HTTP Server" "apache2"

.SH NAME
apache2 \- Apache Hypertext Transfer Protocol Server

.SH "SYNOPSIS"
 
.PP
\fBapache2\fR [ -\fBd\fR \fIserverroot\fR ] [ -\fBf\fR \fIconfig\fR ] [ -\fBC\fR \fIdirective\fR ] [ -\fBc\fR \fIdirective\fR ] [ -\fBD\fR \fIparameter\fR ] [ -\fBe\fR \fIlevel\fR ] [ -\fBE\fR \fIfile\fR ] [ \fB-k\fR start|restart|graceful|stop|graceful-stop ] [ -\fBR\fR \fIdirectory\fR ] [ -\fBh\fR ] [ -\fBl\fR ] [ -\fBL\fR ] [ -\fBS\fR ] [ -\fBt\fR ] [ -\fBv\fR ] [ -\fBV\fR ] [ -\fBX\fR ] [ -\fBM\fR ]
 

.SH "SUMMARY"
 
.PP
apache2 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\&.
 
.PP
In general, apache2 should not be invoked directly, but rather should be invoked via /etc/init.d/apache2\&.

.PP
The full documentation is available in the apache2-doc package or at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/
 

.SH "OPTIONS"
 
 
.TP
-d \fIserverroot\fR
Set the initial value for the ServerRoot directive to \fIserverroot\fR\&. This can be overridden by the ServerRoot directive in the configuration file\&.
.TP
-f \fIconfig\fR
Uses the directives in the file \fIconfig\fR on startup\&. If \fIconfig\fR does not begin with a /, then it is taken to be a path relative to the ServerRoot\&. The default is /etc/apache2/apache2\&.conf\&.  
.TP
-k start|restart|graceful|stop|graceful-stop
Signals apache2 to start, restart, or stop\&. See Stopping Apache for more information\&.  
.TP
-C \fIdirective\fR
Process the configuration \fIdirective\fR before reading config files\&.  
.TP
-c \fIdirective\fR
Process the configuration \fIdirective\fR after reading config files\&.  
.TP
-D \fIparameter\fR
Sets a configuration \fIparameter \fRwhich can be used with <IfDefine> sections in the configuration files to conditionally skip or process commands at server startup and restart\&.  
.TP
-e \fIlevel\fR
Sets the LogLevel to \fIlevel\fR during server startup\&. This is useful for temporarily increasing the verbosity of the error messages to find problems during startup\&.  
.TP
-E \fIfile\fR
Send error messages during server startup to \fIfile\fR\&.  
.TP
-R \fIdirectory\fR
When the server is compiled using the SHARED_CORE rule, this specifies the \fIdirectory\fR for the shared object files\&.  
.TP
-h
Output a short summary of available command line options\&.  
.TP
-l
Output a list of modules compiled into the server\&. This will \fBnot\fR list dynamically loaded modules included using the LoadModule directive\&.  
.TP
-L
Output a list of directives together with expected arguments and places where the directive is valid\&.  
.TP
-M
Dump a list of loaded Static and Shared Modules\&.  
.TP
-S
Show the settings as parsed from the config file (currently only shows the virtualhost settings)\&.  
.TP
-t
Run syntax tests for configuration files only\&. The program immediately exits after these syntax parsing tests with either a return code of 0 (Syntax OK) or return code not equal to 0 (Syntax Error)\&. If -D \fIDUMP\fR_\fIVHOSTS \fRis also set, details of the virtual host configuration will be printed\&. If -D \fIDUMP\fR_\fIMODULES \fR is set, all loaded modules will be printed\&.  
.TP
-v
Print the version of apache2, and then exit\&.  
.TP
-V
Print the version and build parameters of apache2, and then exit\&.  
.TP
-X
Run apache2 in debug mode\&. Only one worker will be started and the server will not detach from the console\&.