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| author | paul <paul@unknown> | 1996-11-18 19:51:08 +0000 |
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| committer | paul <paul@unknown> | 1996-11-18 19:51:08 +0000 |
| commit | 2ada5933c85b2ca45770c2df27e2d292667f36c4 (patch) | |
| tree | 53c64bebbb2a1da979c0ac496b2db09ba38c495d /docs/manual/invoking.html | |
| parent | 71aa1343b0e4001170dbaf0a3b144d7c4028ef7b (diff) | |
| download | httpd-2ada5933c85b2ca45770c2df27e2d292667f36c4.tar.gz | |
New manual setup. This is the current docs for all versions of the
server merged into a single manual.
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@76987 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/docs/manual/invoking.html b/docs/manual/invoking.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f00b68e459 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/manual/invoking.html @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@ +<!--%hypertext --> +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> +<HTML> +<HEAD> +<TITLE>Starting Apache</TITLE> +</HEAD> + +<BODY> +<!--/%hypertext --> + +<h1>Starting Apache</h1> +<h2>Invoking Apache</h2> +The <code>httpd</code> program is either invoked by the Internet +daemon <code>inetd</code> each time a connection to the HTTP service is made, +or alternatively it may run as a daemon which executes continuously, handling +requests. Whatever method is chosen, the +<A HREF="core.html#servertype">ServerType</A> directive must be set +to tell the server how it is to run. + +<h2>Command line options</h2> +The following options are recognised on the httpd command line: +<dl> +<dt><code>-d</code> <em>serverroot</em> +<dd>Set the initial value for the +<A HREF="core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</A> variable to +<em>serverroot</em>. This can be overridden by the ServerRoot command in the +configuration file. The default is <code>/usr/local/etc/httpd</code>. + +<dt><code>-f</code> <em>config</em> +<dd>Execute the commands in the file <em>config</em> on startup. If +<em>config</em> does not begin with a <code>/</code>, then it is taken to be a +path relative to the <A HREF="core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</A>. The +default is <code>conf/httpd.conf</code>. + +<dt><code>-X</code> +<dd>Run in single-process mode, for internal debugging purposes only; the +daemon does not detach from the terminal or fork any children. Do <em>NOT</em> +use this mode to provide ordinary web service. + +<dt><code>-v</code> +<dd>Print the version of httpd, and then exit. + +<dt><code>-?</code> +<dd>Print a list of the httpd options, and then exit. +</dl> + +<h2>Configuration files</h2> +The server will read three files for configuration directives. Any directive +may appear in any of these files. The the names of these files are taken +to be relative to the server root; this is set by the +<A HREF="core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</A> directive, or the +<code>-d</code> command line flag. + +Conventionally, the files are: +<dl> +<dt><code>conf/httpd.conf</code> +<dd>Contains directives that control the operation of the server daemon. +The filename may be overridden with the <code>-f</code> command line flag. + +<dt><code>conf/srm.conf</code> +<dd>Contains directives that control the specification of documents that +the server can provide to clients. The filename may be overridden with +the <A HREF="core.html#resourceconfig">ResourceConfig</A> directive. + +<dt><code>conf/acces.conf</code> +<dd>Contains directives that control access to documents. +The filename may be overridden with the +<A HREF="core.html#accessconfig">AccessConfig</A> directive. +</dl> +However, these conventions need not be adhered to. +<p> +The server also reads a file containing mime document types; the filename +is set by the <A HREF="mod_mime.html#typesconfig">TypesConfig</A> directive, +and is <code>conf/mime.types</code> by default. + +<h2>Log files</h2> +<h3>pid file</h3> +On daemon startup, it saves the process id of the parent httpd process to +the file <code>logs/httpd.pid</code>. This filename can be changed with the +<A HREF="core.html#pidfile">PidFile</A> directive. The process-id is for +use by the administrator in restarting and terminating the daemon; +A HUP signal causes the daemon to re-read its configuration files and +a TERM signal causes it to die gracefully. +<p> +If the process dies (or is killed) abnormally, then it will be necessary to +kill the children httpd processes. + +<h3>Error log</h3> +The server will log error messages to a log file, <code>logs/error_log</code> +by default. The filename can be set using the +<A HREF="core.html#errorlog">ErrorLog</A> directive; different error logs can +be set for different <A HREF="core.html#virtualhost">virtual hosts</A>. + +<h3>Transfer log</h3> +The server will typically log each request to a transfer file, +<code>logs/access_log</code> by default. The filename can be set using a +<A HREF="mod_log_common.html#transferlog">TransferLog</A> directive; different +transfer logs can be set for different <A HREF="core.html#virtualhost">virtual +hosts</A>. + +<!--%hypertext --> +<hr> +<A HREF="../"><IMG SRC="../images/apache_home.gif" ALT="Home"></A> +<A HREF="./"><IMG SRC="../images/apache_index.gif" ALT="Index"></A> + +</BODY> +</HTML> +<!--/%hypertext --> |