NAME

httpd —

HTTP daemon

SYNOPSIS

httpd [-dnv] [-D macro=value] [-f file]

The httpd daemon is an HTTP server with FastCGI and TLS support.

The FastCGI implementation has optional socket support. httpd can log to syslog(3) or per-server files with several standard formats.

httpd rereads its configuration file when it receives SIGHUP and reopens log files when it receives SIGUSR1.

The options are as follows:

-D macro=value: Set a macro to a value. Macros can be referenced in the configuration files.
-d: Debug mode. Create one server and don't detach or become a daemon. This allows for easy monitoring of httpd.
-f file: Specifies the configuration file. The default is /etc/httpd.conf.
-n: Check that the configuration is valid, but don't start any servers.
-v: Verbose mode. Multiple -v options increase the verbosity.

/etc/httpd.conf: Default configuration file.
/etc/ssl/private/server.key: Default SSL/TLS server key.
/etc/ssl/server.crt: Default SSL/TLS server certificate.
/var/run/httpd.sock: UNIX-domain socket used for communication with httpd.
/var/www/logs/access.log: Default access log file.
/var/www/logs/error.log: Default error log file.

The httpd program first appeared in OpenBSD 5.6. httpd is based on relayd(8).

The httpd program was written by Reyk Floeter <reyk@openbsd.org>.