I have XAMPP installed on Windows 7. I need to stop and start Apache many times every day.
Currently, I do this by opening up the Xampp control panel, clicking 'Stop' (next to 'Apache'), waiting for it to stop, then clicking 'Start'.
Ideally I would like to be able to do this more quickly - something like right click the Xampp icon, and choosing 'Restart Apache'. Or, even better, just a shortcut key that restarts Apache.
I know that there are two bat files with Xampp - apache_stop.bat and apache_start.bat. I've tried utilising these to get want I want. However, when you run apache_start.bat, you get a cmd window that you can't get rid of. I couldn't find a way to start Apache silently in this way.
So, basically I want to be able to quickly restart Apache (one click/shortcut key), completely silently.
Thanks in advance.
Copy apache_start.bat and rename it to apache_restart.bat.
Change the line apache\bin\httpd.exe to apache\bin\httpd.exe -k restart
Voila, there you go with your restart script.
and you can also give it a shortcut.
If you have the Apache service monitor in your system tray, you can just open that (right click, I think?) and click "restart Apache".
If it's not in your system tray, you can find it in the /bin folder of the Apache installation (called ApacheMonitor.exe). I'd recommend making a shortcut to it in the "Startup" folder.
For me, with the version 3.2.2 the first answer didn't work.
I've put together a script from the two apache_start.bat and apache_stop.bat files.
#echo off
cd /D %~dp0
echo Apache 2 is stopping...
apache\bin\pv -f -k httpd.exe -q
if not exist apache\logs\httpd.pid GOTO exit
del apache\logs\httpd.pid
echo Apache 2 is re-starting ...
apache\bin\httpd.exe
if errorlevel 255 goto finish
if errorlevel 1 goto error
goto finish
:error
echo.
echo Apache konnte nicht gestartet werden
echo Apache could not be started
pause
:finish
#adrianthedev's version didn't work for (XAMPP v3.2.4) me but helped me find a solution.
It's a lot less sophisticated as I don't know much about scripting but here it is and it worked for me:
#echo off
C:/xampp/apache/bin/httpd -k stop
C:/xampp/apache/bin/httpd -k start
Note: apache\logs\httpd.pid doesn't need to be deleted as it's done already by the httpd -k stop command.
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I have a page thats called form a browser which at the end needs to run one command as root. I am very well aware of the security implications of running shell_exec commands from the browser, so I have locked down my sudoers file for "apache all no password" to the one command:
apache ALL = (ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/rndc
I have made my PHP page hard-coded so no part of the command is run from user-accessible inputs.
This process just refreshes the config for Bind9 (named) by issuing
shell_exec("/usr/sbin/sudo /usr/sbin/rndc reload");
However, it seems this does not run, but when I have make /bin/bash the default shell for apache and as apache, this process runs when I try it in apache shell:
[root#localhost zones]# su - apache
-bash-4.2$ /usr/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/rndc reload
server reload successful
My whole PHP code:
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
$result = shell_exec("/usr/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/rndc reload");
print_r($result);
?>
I get no responses. Any ideas? SELinux is now set to permissive.
turned out to be the require_ttl parameter in my sudo files. Apache was erring in /var/log/httpd/error_log.
Thats to those who viewed :)
I have an issue with apache and php.
I call this script in php:
exec("nohup sudo QUIET=y sh foo.sh > /home/tmp/log.txt 2>&1 & echo $!", $res);
Shortly after, the script foo.sh need to restart apache to include new configuration files:
/etc/init.d/apachectl restart
In command line, it works fine but in my php script the process is killed at the same time apache is restarted. Why? I thought nohup detach the processus of its parent.
(I point out that i can't change the sh script)
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
You should use /etc/init.d/apachectl reload if the only thing you want is to reread configuration files.
/etc/init.d/apachectl reload
This will not stop the service, but keep it running and refreshes the processes configuration.
Use /etc/init.d/apachectl reload instead if you dont want to kill the process.
Since apache restart sends SIGTERM, not SIGHUP,
you should handle SIGTERM from foo.sh
Can anybody help me? I'm using sphinx searcher, but i have many databases. I dynamically controll them (change the sphinx config file ), but after i add an index to the config file sphinx needs to be restarted. I have created an bash script for doing this (stop shpinx, start it, indexer --rotate --all ) and when i run the script from terminal it is ok, but when i run from apache server it is not working. How can i do this without changenig the owner of the apache server to root ( it will decrease the security of my server )?
How can i do this without changenig the owner of the apache server to root
How about sudo? Put something like this in your sudoers...
apache ALL= NOPASSWD: /path/to/script command
The catch is to make sure that the script cannot be exploited... as it is running as root... ie is read-only + exec for apache, ensure that commands/switches you send to the script are sanity checked.
I hope that helps,
Kind Regards,
Nick
I actually try to laucnh a gnome-term with a php script, seems i have some problems with the users www-data;
my script make only a ls -l command in a directory (is just for a test) and i run it with a php page in my local-web site.
here the gnome-terminal command in my bash script (he run perfectly when i double-click on him) :
gnome-terminal --working-directory=/opt/cuckoo -x bash -c "ls -l"
and here is the call on the php-page :
system("/my/path/to/the/script/script.sh");
i have some echo in my script and i see them in the php page after i try to run the script with the php.page.
i think www-data don't have the right to do so i give the ownership of the script with the chown command, and at last a try the sudo visudo command and make the script execute like the user www-data is root (with NO PASSWD arg)
But i can't open the terminal and make a ls at last, i try with exec too, and show the result with $ouput butthe result is the same as well.
At last my question is : Php can really run a terminal or maybe a fool myself^^? Thanks for taking time to rescure me ;)
PHP can run everything, but depends who spawns it. Forget just running X apps from a web server - you'll need more than just executing them (permissions, DISPLAY and Xauth settings). Read more about the X clients and architecture.
Probably the right place to ask this is at SuperUser, since the problem is not in the coding itself.
I am trying to run a command line file conversion using open office.
openoffice pdf filename.doc 2>&1
when i execute in command line as root it works fine and the file is converted. However when i pass the above command in a PHP file as apache user, it does not execute.
I tried all three PHP command line execution:
$command_output=system($command_line,$rtnval);
$command_output=exec($command_line,$rtnval);
$command_output=passthru($command_line,$rtnval);
Also,
echo print_r($rtnval);
echo print_r($command_output);
$rtnval returns 1 and $command_output 1. I am confused unable to know what is the linux (centos) response to above command passed. It is very frustration because unable to know what the system response when i try to execute the command.
I also included /etc/suders permission for apache to run the open office command.
apache ALL: (ALL) NOPASSWD: /path/to/openoffice
still the command is not execute in PHP as apache user.
What am i missing for PHP as apache user not to execute this command?
It could be that openoffice is not in PATH. Try to execute it with the full path.
To run your command as if you were the apache user, just try this in a shell:
# switch to superuser
sudo su -
# then switch to the apache user
su - www-data
You will find yourself in a quite restricted shell, from which it is usually not possible to start openoffice. Indeed, it requires a lot of environment, that would be unsafe to completely set up for apache anyway.
AFAIK, better create a dedicated user that is allowed to run your command (eg a regular "www-runner" user), then "su" to it from PHP. Other security measures include chroot'ing the dedidacted user, or using apparmor to limit what and where it is allowed to run. In any case, never let www-data run something as root by adding www-data to the sudoers: this is way too dangerous!
You can also have a look at libapache2-mod-suphp (a suid apache module to run php scripts with the owner permissions).It is easier to use than the dedicated suEXEC apache beast (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/suexec.html). The latter really is not for a quick fix ;)
It is possible that your php in apache runs in safe mode or what's it called, in which system() function and alike are disabled.
This answer, actually, assumes that what you call "running as apache user" is in fact running in apache environment, whatever it is.