How to restart Apache

Hi,

Go to http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/resources/ and download the *Command-Line Administration* PDF. On page 212 is info on restarting the Apache web server. However, be aware that you should not use the +apachectl graceful+ command to gracefully restart the server when editing configuration files, as you would normally with Linux, etc. This is explained in the *Web Technologies Administration* PDF under 'Working with Apache' on page 86-90. It has to do with the webperfcache.

Larry

to restart apache safely with Terminal, under root

serveradmin stop web; serveradmin start web

If you’ve made some modifications on some apache config files by hand (which means not using Server Admin/Web anymore usually), it’s a good idea to test the configuration before restarting Apache.
Then you can use the apachectl command:

apachectl -t

to restart only teams server :

serveradmin stop teams; serveradmin start teams

Once the services says they have restarted give them few more seconds before trying to access them.

That’s my experience anyways. Hope it helps.

I configured Apache after installing Leopard and it was working fine. But now some thing happened and it will not start. I do the

apachectl -t

and get

Syntax error on line 163 of /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf:
DocumentRoot must be a directory

On line 163 I have changed to my Sites directory, DocumentRoot "/Users/matsaki/Sites"

Any ideas how to continue finding the error? (how the hll did this get messed up =( )