Starting Apache
Use the chkconfig command to configure Apache to start at boot:
[root@bigboy tmp]# chkconfig httpd on
Use the httpd init script in the /etc/init.d directory to start, stop, and restart Apache after booting:
[root@bigboy tmp]# service httpd start
[root@bigboy tmp]# service httpd stop
[root@bigboy tmp]# service httpd restart
You can test whether the Apache process is running with:
[root@bigboy tmp]# pgrep httpd
You should get a response of plain old process ID numbers.
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