Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
The Apache Configuration File
The Apache configuration file is usually called
httpd.conf
and is found in one of several
common locations:
Linux
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
or
/etc/apache/conf/httpd.conf
for an installation from Li-
nux distribution files;
/usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf
for an installation from
Apache Foundation files; and
/opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf
for an XAMPP installation
Windows
C:\Program Files\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf
for an XAMPP installation
Mac OS X
/Applications/xampp/etc/httpd.conf
for an XAMPP installation, and
/etc/httpd/
httpd.conf
for the installation of Apache that is part of the standard Mac OS X
configuration
It's increasingly common to find servers configured in a modular way, with a main
configuration file that reads in other files, for example under the directory
/etc/httpd/
modules.d
on a Linux system, or in the
apache\conf\extra
directory under the XAMPP
install directory. For example, directives specific to PHP are often stored in the file
/etc/
httpd/modules.d/70_mod_php.conf
.
If you make changes to the Apache configuration file, you need to restart the web server
to put the changes into effect.
The Apache Error Log
Common locations for the web server error log include:
Linux
/usr/local/apache/logs/error.log
for Apache installed from Apache Foundation
files,
/var/log/httpd/error_log
or
/var/log/apache/error.log
for an installation using
distribution packages, and
/opt/lampp/logs/error_log
for an XAMPP installation
Windows
C:\Program Files\xampp\apache\logs\error.log
for an XAMPP installation
Mac OS X
/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/logs/error_log
for an XAMPP installation,
and
/private/var/log/httpd/error_log
for the Apache installation that is part of the
standard Mac OS X configuration
Starting and Stopping Apache
Apache web server installations usually include a control script called:
apachectl
that
you can use to start or stop the server. On newer installations this is sometimes called
