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Commands tagged apache

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Terminal - Commands tagged apache - 22 results
/usr/bin/tail -fn0 /path/to/apache_error.log | while read line; do /usr/local/bin/growlnotify --title "Apache Notice" --message "$line"; done &
2013-01-22 05:25:41
User: jhyland87
Functions: read
Tags: tail while error apache growl apache2 while loop growlnotify
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Use Growl to monitor your local apache error logs for new messages

Simply add this to whatever apache startup script you have, or if you are on a MAC, create a new automator application. This will show a pretty growl notification whenever theres a new Apache error log entry. Useful for local development

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CustomLog "|nc -u IP PORT "<134>%{%b %d %X}t %h %l %u %t \"%r\"%>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-agent}i\""
2012-12-26 09:32:52
User: flojb
Tags: apache nc syslog
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Send apache log to syslog-ng

Send apache log to syslog-ng server without change configuration of syslog.

Just add in httpd.conf or vhost conf.

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openssl rsa -in /path/to/originalkeywithpass.key -out /path/to/newkeywithnopass.key
2012-09-16 19:31:38
User: drerik
Tags: openssl apache httpd
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remove password from openssl key file

Strip a password from a openssl key to use with apache httpd server

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apache2 -l
2012-05-31 21:00:47
User: twowheels
Tags: http apache httpd modules
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See loaded modules in apache(2)
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httpd -M
2012-05-27 12:04:17
User: rockon
Tags: http apache httpd modules
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See loaded modules in apache

Easiest way to check which modules are loaded in apache.

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ps h --ppid $(cat /var/run/apache2.pid) | awk '{print"-p " $1}' | xargs sudo strace
2012-03-21 01:59:41
User: colinmollenhour
Functions: awk cat ps sudo xargs
Tags: awk apache ps strace
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easily strace all your apache *child* processes

Like the original version except it does not include the parent apache process or the grep process and adds "sudo" so it can be run by user.

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sudo chown -R nobody:admin /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/
2011-09-12 09:19:34
User: matths
Functions: chown sudo
Tags: permissions osx apache xampp
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recursive permission set for xampp apache user nobody
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awk -F\" '/^DocumentRoot/{print $2}' $(httpd -V | awk -F\" '/\.conf/{print $2}')
2011-08-15 13:19:57
User: putnamhill
Functions: awk
Tags: awk apache httpd
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How To Get the Apache Document Root
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httpd -V | grep -i SERVER_CONFIG_FILE | cut -f2 -d'"' | xargs grep -i '^DocumentRoot' | cut -f2 -d'"'
2011-08-13 20:45:05
User: dcpesses
Functions: cut grep
Tags: xargs grep cut apache httpd
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How To Get the Apache Document Root

Grabs the Apache config file (yielded from httpd) and returns the path specified as DocumentRoot.

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top -p `pidof apache2 | awk '{gsub(/[ ]/,",");print}'`
2011-07-28 20:13:36
User: hbalagtas
Functions: awk top
Tags: top processes top apache
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Monitor specific process (ie apache) using Top

Show only specific process id's using Top

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pidof httpd | sed 's/ / -p /g' | xargs strace -fp
2011-06-28 09:53:19
User: daniele
Functions: pidof sed strace xargs
Tags: debug apache strace
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See what apache is doing without restarting it in debug mode
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( apache2ctl -t && service apache2 restart || (l=$(apache2ctl -t 2>&1|head -n1|sed 's/.*line\s\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'); vim +$l $(locate apache2.conf | head -n1)))
2010-11-26 18:12:08
User: cicatriz
Functions: head locate sed vim
Tags: apache apache2 services
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Check apache config syntax and restart or edit the file

Checks the apache configuration syntax, if is OK then restart the service otherwise opens the configuration file with VIM on the line where the configuration fails.

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goaccess -f /var/log/apache2/access.log -s -b
2010-10-25 20:03:18
User: allinurl
Tags: log apache apache2 logs server analysis
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CLI Visual Apache Web Log Analyzer

GoAccess is an open source real-time Apache web log analyzer and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal in *nix systems. It provides fast and valuable HTTP statistics for system administrators that require a visual server report on the fly. http://goaccess.prosoftcorp.com/

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awk '$1~/^DocumentRoot/{print $2}' /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
2010-07-22 14:33:58
User: cicatriz
Functions: awk
Tags: awk apache httpd
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How To Get the Apache Document Root
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grep -i '^DocumentRoot' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf | cut -f2 -d'"'
2010-07-14 13:30:36
User: hm2k
Functions: cut grep
Tags: grep cut apache httpd
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How To Get the Apache Document Root
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tail -n2000 /var/www/domains/*/*/logs/access_log | awk '{print $1}' | sort | uniq -c | sort -n | awk '{ if ($1 > 20)print $1,$2}'
2010-05-10 19:08:37
User: allrightname
Functions: awk sort tail uniq
Tags: bash sort awk uniq tail IP apache
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Count number of hits per IP address in last 2000 lines of apache logs and print the IP and hits if hits > 20
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sudo awk '($9 ~ /404/)' /var/log/httpd/www.domain-access_log | awk '{print $2,$9,$7,$11}' | sort | uniq -c
2010-04-09 10:31:50
User: ninjasys
Functions: awk sort sudo uniq
Tags: log error apache
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Display error pages in report format

This command will return a full list of Error 404 pages in the given access log. The following variables have been given to awk

Hostname ($2), ERROR Code ($9), Missing Item ($7), Referrer ($11)

You can then send this into a file (>> /path/to/file), which you can open with OpenOffice as a CSV

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zcat access_log.*.gz | awk '{print $7}' | sort | uniq -c | sort -n | tail -n 20
2009-12-11 09:36:30
User: tkb
Functions: awk sort tail uniq zcat
Tags: log apache zcat analysis
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Analyse compressed Apache access logs for the most commonly requested pages
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sudo strace -pXXXX -e trace=file
2009-12-01 15:27:48
User: tolginho
Functions: strace sudo
Tags: apache
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Determine what an process is actually doing
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ab -n 9000 -c 900 localhost:8080/index.php
2009-08-07 07:19:40
User: amaymon
Tags: apache benchmark
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benchmark web server with apache benchmarking tool

-n 9000 : Number of requests to perform for the benchmarking session

-c 900 : Number of multiple requests to perform at a time

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/usr/sbin/apache2ctl -S 2>&1 | perl -ne 'm@.*port\s+([0-9]+)\s+\w+\s+(\S+)\s+\((.+):.*@ && do { print "$2:$1\n\t$3\n"; $root = qx{grep DocumentRoot $3}; $root =~ s/^\s+//; print "\t$root\n" };'
2009-07-21 10:51:30
User: lingo
Functions: perl
Tags: apache apache2 virtualhost
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List apache2 virtualhosts

Lists virtualhosts currently enabled for apache2, showing the ServerName:port, conf file and DocumentRoot

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apache2 -t -D DUMP_MODULES
2009-02-16 17:30:20
User: ElAlecs
Tags: apache httpd
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Know which modules are loaded on an Apache server

This let you know which modules has loaded the Apache server, very useful to know if the mod_rewrite is ready to use.

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