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Starting and Stopping Apache

Before you can use Apache, you must start the httpd daemon. From a command shell, use this command:

service httpd start

Whenever you make a configuration change, you should stop and restart the service with this command:

service httpd restart

If you prefer, you can stop and start the service with separate commands:

service httpd stop
service httpd start

If you're not sure if Apache is running, enter this command:

service httpd status

You get a message indicating whether the httpd daemon is running.

To configure Apache to start automatically when you start Linux, use this command:

chkconfig --level 35 httpd on

To make sure that the chkconfig command worked right, enter this command:

chkconfig --list httpd

You should see output similar to the following:

httpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off
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  1. Managing Linux Systems
  2. Planning a Linux Server Installation
  3. Partitions
  4. Installing Fedora 7
  5. Getting Used to Linux
  6. Understanding the file system
  7. On Again, Off Again
  8. Using GNOME
  9. Managing User Accounts
  10. Linux Network Configuration
  11. Restarting Your Network
  12. Working with Network Configuration Files
  13. The ifcfg files
  14. The resolv.conf file
  15. DHCP and DNS
  16. Configuring DHCP
  17. Running a DNS Server
  18. Running Apache
  19. Starting and Stopping Apache
  20. Confirming that Apache Is Running
  21. Using the HTTP Configuration Tool
  22. Restricting Access to an Apache Server
  23. Configuring Virtual Hosts
  24. Setting the Apache User Account
  25. Running Sendmail
  26. Installing Sendmail
  27. Modifying sendmail.mc
  28. Using SpamAssassin
  29. Using the Mail Console Client
  30. Running FTP
  31. Starting the vsftpd Service
  32. Configuring FTP