Thank you, this is very helpful! Is there any way to get an output of all the items on the command line ultimately used by apachectl? For example, when I do the following, it fails - I assume I'm missing something.
$ source /etc/apache2/envvars $ /usr/sbin/apache2 -f /etc/apache2/sites-available/rails.conf -DFOREGROUND -DNO_DETACH AH00534: apache2: Configuration error: No MPM loaded. On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Kurtis Rader <kra...@skepticism.us> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 3:55 PM, David Aronchick <aronch...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Is it possible (or inadvisable) to run apache using the /usr/sbin/apache >> binary directly? Is there any significant production issues that might >> arise? >> > > Run the binary directly as opposed to what? If you mean via apachectl or a > /etc/init.d script all they do is invoke the httpd binary directly the the > appropriate arguments (e.g., converting "configtest" into "-k"). On UNIX > systems there really isn't any difference as far as the kernel is concerned > whether you're running a script or a binary. If you choose to invoke the > httpd binary directly without the aid of a wrapper script it simply becomes > your responsibility to pass all necessary and appropriate arguments; e.g., > -f to specify where the config file can be found. > > -- > Kurtis Rader > Caretaker of the exceptional canines Junior and Hank >
