launchctl – Start / Stop services – apache

Start/Stop the apache service

$ sudo launchctl start|stop org.apache.httpd

List info about a the apache service

$ sudo launchctl list org.apache.httpd
{
    "Label" = "org.apache.httpd";
    "LimitLoadToSessionType" = "System";
    "OnDemand" = false;
    "LastExitStatus" = 0;
    "PID" = 2909;
    "TimeOut" = 30;
    "ProgramArguments" = (
        "/usr/sbin/httpd";
        "-D";
        "FOREGROUND";
        "-D";
        "MACOSXSERVER";
        "-D";
        "WEBSHARING_ON";
        "-D";
        "WEBSERVICE_ON";
    );
};

Related

• launchctl – Start / Stop services

Links

• http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/16781/how-to-control-apache-service-on-os-x-start-stop-restart-graceful-restart