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Created November 12, 2016 14:39
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SystemD (systemctl) script for managing Apache httpd compiled from source
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httpd.service
[Unit]
Description=The Apache HTTP Server
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStart=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -k start
ExecReload=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -k graceful
ExecStop=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -k graceful-stop
PIDFile=/usr/local/apache2/logs/httpd.pid
PrivateTmp=true
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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Since 2.4.42, httpd has native support for systemd. Compile mod_systemd with the flag:

$ ./configure --enable-systemd

The docs provide the following unit file:

# Example of systemd service unit (more settings are probably needed for production systems)

[Unit]
Description=The Apache HTTP Server
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=notify
ExecStart=/usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -D FOREGROUND -k start
ExecReload=/usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k graceful
KillMode=mixed

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

See the note there on ExecStop.

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