Re: [gentoo-server] Refreshing vhosts without restarting apache

[Phillip Berry <phillipberry@blisswebhosting.com>]

The init file for apache 1.3 has a reload function that is exactly the same as 
apachectl graceful aka kill -USR1. So /etc/init.d/apache reload is the same 
as apachectl graceful

Phil

On Wednesday 17 August 2005 21:15, Jeroen Geilman wrote:

> No, that's definitely NOT what he is after - since you are adding new
> vhosts these will never be involved in any ongoing transfers.
> Instead, reload will break off all current transfers - not a good idea
> on a heavily loaded server.
> Graceful is fine.

> > Michael Crute wrote:
> >
> > The gaceful command will actually cause apache to restart but only
> > after all pending transfers complete. I believe that this is the
> > default behavior of /etc/init.d/apache2 restart the command you are
> > looking for is reload.

> Top-posting corrected.
>
> > On 8/17/05, *A. Khattri* <ajai@bway.net <mailto:ajai@bway.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, Ian P. Christian wrote:
> >     > On Tuesday 16 August 2005 13:01, Darko Luketic wrote:
> >     > > and imho thats not really the way it should be, apache should
> >
> >     be restarted
> >
> >     > > once a day not potentially every 15 minutes.
> >     >
> >     > I don't see why it should be restarted at all. If you're not
> >
> >     binding to any
> >
> >     > new ports, a reload should be fine rather then a restart.
> >
> >     Just curious: would "apachectl graceful" load new vhosts added
> >     since the
> >     last restart?
> >
> >
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