Start and stop IBM HTTP Server
We can start or stop IBM HTTP Server using the WebSphere® Application Server administrative console or using other methods depending on your platform.
Before you begin
For installation information, refer to:- Install IBM HTTP Server on distributed systems with Installation Manager
- Migrate and install IBM HTTP Server on z/OS systems
We can configure your operating system to allow the log file for the IBM HTTP Server plug-in to exceed the typical two gigabytes size limit. To enable this functionality, add the USEPLUGINLARGEFILE environment variable to your operating system configuration settings, and set it to true, before you start the IBM HTTP Server. If you do not add this environment variable to your operating system settings, or if you set this environment variable to false, the log file is limited to 2 gigabytes.
Avoid trouble: Because not limiting the size of the log file might cause storage resources to be exhausted, if you decide to use this environment variable, you should periodically monitor the size of this log file. Important: Before starting IBM HTTP Server, there are required z/OS® system configurations that you must perform.About this task
We can choose the following methods to start and stop IBM HTTP Server:Procedure
- Use the WebSphere Application Server administrative console.
- Use the command line interface.
- Use the Windows service.
- For debugging purposes, run the server in the foreground by leaving
off the -k arguments.
On a command prompt, type
httpd.exe
- Use JCL procedures from the system console
Results
IBM HTTP Server starts successfully.
We can use the WebSphere Application Server administrative console to start and stop IBM HTTP Server.
This topic describes how to start and stop IBM HTTP Server using the apachectl commands.
This topic provides information about getting started with IBM HTTP Server on Windows operating systems.
We can prepare JCL procedures to start and stop IBM HTTP Server from the MVS system console.
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