httpd(8) UNIX Programmer's Manual httpd(8)

NAME
     httpd - Apache hypertext transfer protocol server

SYNOPSIS
     httpd [ -hlvX? ] [ -d serverroot ] [ -f config ]

DESCRIPTION
     httpd is the Apache HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
     server program. It is designed to be run as a standalone
     daemon process. When used like this is will create a pool of
     child processes to handle requests. To stop it, send a TERM
     signal to the initial (parent) process. The PID of this pro-
     cess is written to a file as given in the configuration
     file.  Alternatively httpd may be invoked by the Internet
     daemon inetd(8) each time a connection to the HTTP service
     is made.

     This manual page only lists the command line arguments. For
     details of the directives necessary to configure httpd see
     the Apache manual, which is part of the Apache distribution
     or can be found at http://www.apache.org/. Paths in this
     manual may not reflect those compiled into httpd.

OPTIONS
     -d serverroot
                 Set the initial value for the ServerRoot direc-
                 tive to serverroot. This can be overridden by
                 the ServerRoot command in the configuration
                 file. The default is /usr/local/etc/httpd.

     -f config   Execute the commands in the file config on
                 startup. If config does not begin with a /, then
                 it is taken to be a path relative to the Server-
                 Root. The default is conf/httpd.conf.

     -h          Output a list of directives together with
                 expected arguments and places where the direc-
                 tive is valid.

     -l          Output a list of modules compiled into the
                 server.

     -X          Run in single-process mode, for internal debug-
                 ging purposes only; the daemon does not detach
                 from the terminal or fork any children. Do NOT
                 use this mode to provide ordinary web service.

     -v          Print the version of httpd, and then exit.

     -?          Print a list of the httpd options, and then
                 exit.

FILES
     /usr/local/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
     /usr/local/etc/httpd/conf/srm.conf
     /usr/local/etc/httpd/conf/access.conf
     /usr/local/etc/httpd/conf/mime.types
     /usr/local/etc/httpd/logs/error_log
     /usr/local/etc/httpd/logs/access_log
     /usr/local/etc/httpd/logs/httpd.pid

SEE ALSO
     inetd(8).