This option is certainly recommended for novice users or perhaps those installing Apache for the first time. You need to uninstall or disable any program that uses that port. You may have this installed already, but there is no harm installing it again. Open it with your favorite text editor. Your Apache configuration can now be tested. If not, correct any httpd. The easiest way to start Apache is to add it as a Windows service. Once the command window is open you need to cd into the bin directory of the apache folder.
This is the folder that holds httpd. To install the service with a custom name, use the -n flag. Using these commands you can install Apache as a Windows service to help manage it and run at start up. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Skip to content. For example, to activate the status module, use the following in addition to the status-activating directives in access. Information on creating loadable modules is also available. More information is available. When running CGI scripts, the method Apache uses to find the interpreter for the script is configurable using the ScriptInterpreterSource directive.
Since it is often difficult to manage files with names like. This mechanism acts as a backup for those situations where Apache is not yet prepared to use the error. Apache comes with a utility called the Apache Service Monitor. With it you can see and manage the state of all installed Apache services on any machine on your network.
To be able to manage an Apache service with the monitor, you have to first install the service either automatically via the installation or manually. You can install Apache as a Windows NT service as follows from the command prompt at the Apache bin subdirectory:. If you need to specify the name of the service you want to install, use the following command. You have to do this if you have several different service installations of Apache on your computer. If you specify a name during the install, you have to also specify it during any other -k operation.
If you need to have specifically named configuration files for different services, you must use this:. If you use the first command without any special parameters except -k install , the service will be called Apache2.
Before starting Apache as a service by any means, you should test the service's configuration file by using:. You can control an Apache service by its command line switches, too.
To start an installed Apache service you'll use this:. You can also restart a running service and force it to reread its configuration file by using:. By default, all Apache services are registered to run as the system user the LocalSystem account. It has, however, wide privileges locally. It is recommended that users create a separate account for running Apache service s.
If you have to access network resources via Apache, this is required. If you allow the account to log in as a user and as a service, then you can log on with that account and test that the account has the privileges to execute the scripts, read the web pages, and that you can start Apache in a console window.
If this works, and you have followed the steps above, Apache should execute as a service with no problems. When starting Apache as a service you may encounter an error message from the Windows Service Control Manager. For example, if you try to start Apache by using the Services applet in the Windows Control Panel, you may get the following message:. Could not start the Apache2.
You will get this generic error if there is any problem with starting the Apache service. In order to see what is really causing the problem you should follow the instructions for Running Apache for Windows from the Command Prompt.
If you are having problems with the service, it is suggested you follow the instructions below to try starting httpd. Running Apache as a service is usually the recommended way to use it, but it is sometimes easier to work from the command line, especially during initial configuration and testing.
This will open a console window and start Apache inside it. If you don't have Apache installed as a service, the window will remain visible until you stop Apache by pressing Control-C in the console window where Apache is running in. The server will exit in a few seconds. However, if you do have Apache installed as a service, the shortcut starts the service. If the Apache service is running already, the shortcut doesn't do anything.
If Apache is running as a service, you can tell it to stop by opening another console window and entering:. Running as a service should be preferred over running in a console window because this lets Apache end any current operations and clean up gracefully.
But if the server is running in a console window, you can only stop it by pressing Control-C in the same window. You can also tell Apache to restart.
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