How to auto start Apache during boot time – Linux

If you compile your own apache from source, your apache will not auto start during boot time. To enable auto start apache during boot time, you need to do some configuration on rc.d directory.

Follow the steps below and apache will auto start during boot time:-

• Go to init.d folder
  

  #cd /etc/rc.d/init.d

• Create httpd file
  

  #vi httpd

• Copy and paste the code below and save the file (content below is for user who install their apache at /usr/local/apache):-
  

  #!/bin/sh
  #
  # Startup script for the Apache Web Server
  #
  # chkconfig: 345 85 15
  # description: Apache is a World Wide Web server. It is used to serve \
  # HTML files and CGI.
  # processname: /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd
  # pidfile: /usr/local/apache/logs/httpd.pid
  # config: /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf

  # Source function library.
  . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

  # See how we were called.
  case “$1″ in
  start)
  echo -n “Starting httpd: ”
  daemon /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -DSSL
  echo
  touch /var/lock/subsys/httpd
  ;;
  stop)
  echo -n “Shutting down http: ”
  killproc httpd
  echo
  rm -f /var/lock/subsys/httpd
  rm -f /var/run/httpd.pid
  ;;
  status)
  status httpd
  ;;
  restart)
  $0 stop
  $0 start
  ;;
  reload)
  echo -n “Reloading httpd: ”
  killproc httpd -HUP
  echo
  ;;
  *)
  echo “Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|status}”
  exit 1
  esac

  exit 0

• allow apache start up script to be executable
  

  #chmod 744 httpd

• Now you need to test if this apache start up script is good, type
  

  ./httpd start

  in your shell to run the apache start up script

• If you can execute this apache start up script with no error then you can continue with the next steps.
• Create a symbolic link at /etc/rc.d/rc3.d folder with name S80httpd that link to /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd
  

  #cd /etc/rc.d/rc3.d
  #ln -s ../init.d/httpd S80httpd

  Note: Click here for more details on how to create symbolic link

• Your server now is ready to start apache during boot time. Please reboot your server to take immediate effect.
• To check if apache will start up during boot time, type
  

  #ps ax | grep httpd

  at your shell right after you login with a new reboot, if it shows httpd process then you have configured your apache to start during boot time correctly.

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Posted at February 16th, 2007 by chua

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