Start Apache Automatically at boot?

Hello everyone. I have just installed Apache2 on Linux(RH9). I've
installed it at /usr/local/apache. I'm very, very new to Linux, so
the whole boot processing still evades me. Does anyone have anything
I can read to get this working? I know I have to make a call to
apachectl in the /usr/local/apache/bin directory, but make the call
from where? Example code and the name of the file to edit would
benefit me greatly.

Can I also get it to shut down on server shutdown?

Thanks.

A. Name <orakin@hotmail.com> wrote:
> the whole boot processing still evades me. Does anyone have anything
> I can read to get this working?

The from-boot-to-bash-howto sounds good.

> from where?

Just make a link in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d calles S99apache to your apachectl.
It's enough.

> Can I also get it to shut down on server shutdown?

When you shutdown the server everuthing is shutted down, so...

Davide

--
| I try to explain, but he goes into the back room and gets this wizened
| old guy with a pocket protector and a nametag that read "Senior
| Engineer." -- Jack Twilley

Download the source distribution of apache.

Copy the file build/rpm/httpd.init as /etc/init.d/httpd (you may already
have one if an older version of apache was installed with redhat).

Edit your copy and change the line "# chkconfig: - 85 15" to something like
"# chkconfig: 345 85 15" (this indicates the runmodes to start apache in,
3,4&5 in this case).

Depending on where you installed apache, you may need to either edit the
paths just below "apachectl=/usr/sbin/apachectl" &
"httpd=${HTTPD-/usr/sbin/httpd}" or make sure these paths point to symbolic
links which point to your real installed files

Run the command "/sbin/chkconfig --add httpd"

Check with "/sbin/chkconfig --list" to make sure all looks ok.

Richard.


"A. Name" <orakin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello everyone. I have just installed Apache2 on Linux(RH9). I've
> installed it at /usr/local/apache. I'm very, very new to Linux, so
> the whole boot processing still evades me. Does anyone have anything
> I can read to get this working? I know I have to make a call to
> apachectl in the /usr/local/apache/bin directory, but make the call
> from where? Example code and the name of the file to edit would
> benefit me greatly.
>
> Can I also get it to shut down on server shutdown?
>
> Thanks.

Davide,

Where do I get this "boot-to-bash-howto" also, I'm really, really new
to Linux so I don't know how to create the call to S99apache. Can you
explain.

Thanks.

Davide Bianchi <davideyeahsure@onlyforfun.net> wrote in message news:<bu01vh$c4eoe$4@ID-18487.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> A. Name <orakin@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > the whole boot processing still evades me. Does anyone have anything
> > I can read to get this working?
>
> The from-boot-to-bash-howto sounds good.
>
> > from where?
>
> Just make a link in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d calles S99apache to your apachectl.
> It's enough.
>
> > Can I also get it to shut down on server shutdown?
>
> When you shutdown the server everuthing is shutted down, so...
>
> Davide

A. Name <orakin@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Where do I get this "boot-to-bash-howto"

Where you get all the how-tos: http://www.tldp.org

> to Linux so I don't know how to create the call to S99apache.

ln -s
man ln

RTFM

Davide

--
| "I'm sorry, I can't be a Jehovah's Witness, as I didn't see Jehovah's
| accident." -- Chris Suslowicz

"A. Name" <orakin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Davide,
>
> Where do I get this "boot-to-bash-howto" also, I'm really, really new
> to Linux so I don't know how to create the call to S99apache. Can you
> explain.

I'd recommend you follow the instructions I suggested instead, which is the
"proper" way. The chkconfig program will create all the links for you and
you will have a proper standard initd script, rather than calling apachectl
directly.

Richard.