Auto Start Apache

[alf]

Hi,
I am new to Apache, can anyone tell me how to autostart apache when my server boot up? Thanks

[Aidan Bahta]

You could put the shortcut to start it in the C:\windows\start menu\programs\startup folder. Just create a shortcut and place it in that folder, that should do the trick.

[alf]

I am sorry, I forget to tell that I am using RedHat Linux 6.0

[Hierophant]

You should be able to configure the .profile of Root or whatever your Superuser is to run Apache on bootup. Look in your linux documentation for information on the Profile and running shell scripts.

[Jason Donald]

Or throw it into your friendly /etc/rc.d/rc.local file which gets run after everything else has init'd.

[alf]

I had tried to copy it into the /etc/rc.d/init.d directory but it didn't work

[Jason Donald]

rc.local is a file, add something like:

/my/path/to/apache/bin/apachectl start

At the bottom of the file.

So if your apache is installed in :

/usr/local/apache

then put

/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start

in there.

Check that the command works first by typing it out eg:

/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start

You can also 'stop' and 'restart'. Try '--help' too.

[alf]

Thanks, Jason Donald... It works!