Apache Web Server basic support Questions

• Start & Stop of Apache web Server

             $  ./apachectl stop

             $  ./apachectl start 

              you may use scripts located at /etc/init.d/ mostly it will be "apache" or "httpd"

             $  /etc/init.d/apache   -start

             $  /etc/init.d/apache   -stop

                                   

                                                     "OR"

             $  /etc/init.d/httpd   -start

             $  /etc/init.d/httpd   -stop

• Start/stop Apache web server as a OS service

             $ httpd stop

             $ service httpd start

• Default Ports for Apache

              HTTP/HTTPS   -    80/443

• How to check version of Apache web server

            $  ./httpd  -v          (in bin folder of installation)

            OR -    rpm -qa | grep httpd

• How to check listen address of Apache 

          Open httpd.conf file and search for "Listen" string it will tell you the listen IP address and port

          Example :        Listen   10.10.10.10:80

• Apache Web Server main configuration file

            httpd.conf        

• How to check Apache web server is running ?

           by checking running process on Unix,    $ ps -aef | grep "httpd"

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