'Redhat/Centos: Control Apache Startup with Chkconfig'
RustyRazorblade Consulting
Copy apachectl (or symlink it) to /etc/init.d/httpd, and add these two lines at the end of the comment section:
chkconfig: 2345 64 36
description: script for starting and stopping httpd
chkconfig –add httpd
These commands will now work:
service httpd start service httpd stop
Additionally, apache will start when the system boots. You can accomplish this by using rc.local too, if you prefer, but I think it’s more convenient to have everything be service based where you can use chkconfig to manage startup / shutdown.
Copy apachectl (or symlink it) to /etc/init.d/httpd, and add these two lines at the end of the comment section:
chkconfig: 2345 64 36
description: script for starting and stopping httpd
chkconfig –add httpd
These commands will now work:
service httpd start service httpd stop
Additionally, apache will start when the system boots. You can accomplish this by using rc.local too, if you prefer, but I think it’s more convenient to have everything be service based where you can use chkconfig to manage startup / shutdown.
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