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Reply to topic   Topic: Restart service after adding vhost
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Materix



Joined: 30 Aug 2012
Posts: 42

PostPosted: Wed 05 Jun '24 10:47    Post subject: Restart service after adding vhost Reply with quote

Does it require a full restart of Apache (when running as a service), after adding a new vhost to the configuration?
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James Blond
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
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Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg

PostPosted: Wed 05 Jun '24 12:50    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, you need to restart to make the changes known to the apache process.
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Materix



Joined: 30 Aug 2012
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PostPosted: Wed 05 Jun '24 13:08    Post subject: Reply with quote

When running Apache as a service on a Windows server, is there a stable method to set Apache to restart once per day?
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Otomatic



Joined: 01 Sep 2011
Posts: 213
Location: Paris, France, EU

PostPosted: Wed 05 Jun '24 14:48    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi,

With the task scheduler, create a task once a day at the time of your choice.
Code:
httpd.exe -n service_name -k restart

It is a graceful restart of Apache.

Maybe it won't be enough to support the new VirtualHost, in which case you'll have to stop and restart the service with a batch file. For example:
Code:
net stop service_name
net start service_name

or
Code:
httpd.exe -n service_name -k stop
httpd.exe -n service_name -k start
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James Blond
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Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg

PostPosted: Wed 12 Jun '24 11:01    Post subject: Reply with quote

A side note: The graceful restart might be preferred since it does not kill an active connection. And the graceful restart is enough to get a new vhost working.
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Materix



Joined: 30 Aug 2012
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PostPosted: Wed 12 Jun '24 11:38    Post subject: Reply with quote

Awesome, thanks for the advice.

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