Starting And Stopping - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 4.5.0 Reference Manual

Chapter 10. 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. More
information about FrontPage extensions and the Apache HTTP Server can be
found online at http://www.rtr.com/fpsupport/.

4. Starting and Stopping

The RPM installs the
httpd
command.
/sbin/service
To start the server, as root type:
/sbin/service httpd start
To stop the server, as root type:
/sbin/service httpd stop
The option is a shorthand way of stopping and then starting the Apache HTTP Server.
restart
To restart the server, as root type:
/sbin/service httpd restart
Note
If running the Apache HTTP Server as a secure server, it may be necessary to
type the server password whenever using the
After editing the
httpd.conf
server. Instead, use the
To reload the server configuration file, as root type:
/sbin/service httpd reload
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httpd
/etc/init.d/httpd
file, however, it is not necessary to explicitly stop and start the
option.
reload
script, which can be accessed using the
or
start restart
options.