---
name: "apache-ssl.dbg"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "apache-dbg"
version: "1.3.34-4.1+etch1"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/apache-ssl.dbg"
---

# apache-ssl.dbg(8)

Apache hypertext transfer protocol server

## NAME

apache-ssl - Apache hypertext transfer protocol server

## SYNOPSIS

**apache-ssl** \[ **-X** \] \[ **-F** \] \[ **-R** *libexecdir* \] \[ **-d** *serverroot* \] \[ **-f** *config* \] \[ **-C** *directive* \] \[ **-c** *directive* \] \[ **-D** *parameter* \]

**apache-ssl** \[ **-h** \]  \[ **-l** \]  \[ **-L** \]  \[ **-v** \]  \[ **-V** \]  \[ **-S** \]  \[ **-t** \]  \[ **-T** \]

## DESCRIPTION

**apache-ssl** is the Apache HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server program. It is designed to be run as a stand-alone daemon process. When used like this it 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 process is written to a file as given in the configuration file. Alternatively  **apache-ssl** may be invoked by the Internet daemon [inetd(8)](/inetd/8.md) 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  **apache-ssl** see the Apache manual, which is part of the Apache distribution or can be found at http://httpd.apache.org/. Paths in this manual may not reflect those compiled into  **apache-ssl.**

## OPTIONS

- **-R** *libexecdir*

  This option is only available if Apache was built with the  *SHARED\_CORE* rule enabled which forces the Apache core code to be placed into a dynamic shared object (DSO) file. This file is searched in a hardcoded path under ServerRoot per default. Use this option if you want to override it.

- **-d** *serverroot*

  Set the initial value for the ServerRoot directive to *serverroot*. This can be overridden by the ServerRoot command in the configuration file. The default is **/usr/local/apache**.

- **-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 ServerRoot. The default is **conf/httpd.conf**.

- **-C** *directive*

  Process the configuration *directive* before reading config files.

- **-c** *directive*

  Process the configuration *directive* after reading config files.

- **-D** *parameter*

  Sets a configuration *parameter* which can be used with \<IfDefine\>...\</IfDefine\> sections in the configuration files to conditionally skip or process commands.

- **-h**

  Output a short summary of available command line options.

- **-l**

  Output a list of modules compiled into the server.

- **-L**

  Output a list of directives together with expected arguments and places where the directive is valid.

- **-S**

  Show the settings as parsed from the config file (currently only shows the virtualhost settings).

- **-t**

  Run syntax tests for configuration files only. The program immediately exits after these syntax parsing with either a return code of 0 (Syntax OK) or return code not equal to 0 (Syntax Error).

- **-T**

  Same as option  **-t** but does not check the configured document roots.

- **-F**

  Run the main process in foreground, for process supervisors.

- **-X**

  Run in single-process mode, for internal debugging 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  **apache-ssl** , and then exit.

- **-V**

  Print the version and build parameters of  **apache-ssl** , and then exit.

## FILES

**/etc/apache-ssl/httpd.conf**\
 **/etc/apache-ssl/srm.conf**\
 **/etc/apache-ssl/access.conf**\
 **/etc/apache-ssl/mime.types**\
 **/etc/apache-ssl/magic**\
 **/var/log/apache-ssl/error.log**\
 **/var/log/apache-ssl/access.log**\
 **/var/run/apache-ssl.pid**

## SEE ALSO

[**inetd**(8)](/inetd/8.md).