created: 20190617091940764
creator: vplesnila
modified: 20200122095305456
modifier: vplesnila
tags: Linux [[Apache HTTPD]]
title: Apache httpd starting with systemd
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki

Create `httpd.service` unit file in `/usr/lib/systemd/system`


```
[Unit]
Description=Apache Web Server
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
PIDFile=/app/apache_httpd/2.4.39/logs/httpd.pid
ExecStart=/app/apache_httpd/2.4.39/bin/apachectl start
ExecStop=/app/apache_httpd/2.4.39/bin/apachectl graceful-stop
ExecReload=/app/apache_httpd/2.4.39/bin/apachectl graceful
PrivateTmp=true
LimitNOFILE=infinity

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
```




```
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable httpd
systemctl stop httpd
systemctl start httpd
systemctl status httpd
```

//Note//: in 2.4.41 version, PIDFile in unit definition do not works.