How to auto start Apache during boot time – Linux

If you compile your own apache from source, your apache will not auto start during boot time. To enable auto start apache during boot time, you need to do some configuration on rc.d directory.

Follow the steps below and apache will auto start during boot time:-

• Go to init.d folder

#cd /etc/rc.d/init.d

• Create httpd file

#vi httpd

• Copy and paste the code below and save the file (content below is for user who install their apache at /usr/local/apache):-

#!/bin/sh
#
# Startup script for the Apache Web Server
#
# chkconfig: 345 85 15
# description: Apache is a World Wide Web server. It is used to serve \
# HTML files and CGI.
# processname: /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd
# pidfile: /usr/local/apache/logs/httpd.pid
# config: /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf

# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

# See how we were called.
case “$1″ in
start)
echo -n “Starting httpd: ”
daemon /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -DSSL
echo
touch /var/lock/subsys/httpd
;;
stop)
echo -n “Shutting down http: ”
killproc httpd
echo
rm -f /var/lock/subsys/httpd
rm -f /var/run/httpd.pid
;;
status)
status httpd
;;
restart)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;
reload)
echo -n “Reloading httpd: ”
killproc httpd -HUP
echo
;;
*)
echo “Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|status}”
exit 1
esac

exit 0

• allow apache start up script to be executable

#chmod 744 httpd

• Now you need to test if this apache start up script is good, type

./httpd start

in your shell to run the apache start up script

• If you can execute this apache start up script with no error then you can continue with the next steps.
• Create a symbolic link at /etc/rc.d/rc3.d folder with name S80httpd that link to /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd

#cd /etc/rc.d/rc3.d
#ln -s ../init.d/httpd S80httpd

• Your server now is ready to start apache during boot time. Please reboot your server to take immediate effect.
• To check if apache will start up during boot time, type

#ps ax | grep httpd

at your shell right after you login with a new reboot, if it shows httpd process then you have configured your apache to start during boot time correctly.