Configuration File of CERN httpd Configuration File of CERN httpdhttpd will translate a request into
a document name. The directives controlling
httpd features are also put into the
configuration file, as well as protection configuration.
This is essential to prevent unauthorized access to your
private documents.
Default Configuration File
By default, the configuration file /etc/httpd.conf is
loaded, unless specified otherwise with the -r command line
option:
httpd -p 80 -r /your/own/httpd.conf
See also example configuration files.
Comments in Configuration File
Each line consists of an operation code and one or two parameters,
referred to as the template and the result. Lines starting with a
hash sign # are ignored, as are empty lines.
inetd), and modify the configuration file, send the
HUP signal to httpd to make it re-read the
configuration file. You can find out the process number from the pid file written by httpd, e.g.
> cat /server_root/httpd-pid
2846
> kill -HUP 2846
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You must specify the
configuration file as an absolute pathname for the -r option because
when the server is started in standalone mode it changes its current
directory to / so after startup it cannot reload
configuration files that were specified with relative filenames.
To make restarting easier httpd has a -restart
option, which will automatically send the HUP signal to
another httpd process. Important: To find out the
PidFile httpd will have to read the same
configuration file as the running httpd has, so you have
to specify the same -r options on the command line as
for the actual httpd, e.g.
> httpd -r /usr/etc/httpd.conf -restart
Restarting.. httpd
Sending..... HUP signal to process 21379
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