Basic Apache commands for a local Windows machine
I have installed XAMPP on my Windows 7 machine and created a number of virtual servers. This part is straightforward enough.
Each time I add a new virtual server I am having to reboot my computer in order to reboot the Apache server, which is of course quite time consuming.
I have googled and found the correct console commands to use to reboot Apache, but absolutely non of the references that I have found actually tell you where to type the relevant commands! A certain level of knowledge is assumed.
So my question is - where do I actually type apache -k restart?
Answer
Going back to absolute basics here. The answers on this page and a little googling have brought me to the following resolution to my issue. Steps to restart the apache service with Xampp installed:-
- Click the start button and type CMD (if on Windows Vista or later and Apache is installed as a service make sure this is an elevated command prompt)
- In the command window that appears type
cd C:\xampp\apache\bin(the default installation path for Xampp) - Then type
httpd -k restart
I hope that this is of use to others just starting out with running a local Apache server.