Hack 82. Display the httpd version and build parameters

by Ramesh

Use option -V (upper-case V), to display Apache version number and all the parameters that are used while building the Apache.

# httpd –V
 
Server version: Apache/2.2.9 (Unix)
Server built:   Jul 14 2008 15:36:56
Server’s Module Magic Number: 20051115:15
Server loaded:  APR 1.2.12, APR-Util 1.2.12
Compiled using: APR 1.2.12, APR-Util 1.2.12
Architecture:   32-bit
Server MPM:     Prefork
threaded:     no
forked:     yes (variable process count)
Server compiled with….
-D APACHE_MPM_DIR=”server/mpm/prefork”
-D APR_HAS_SENDFILE
-D APR_HAS_MMAP
-D APR_HAVE_IPV6 (IPv4-mapped addresses enabled)
-D APR_USE_SYSVSEM_SERIALIZE
-D APR_USE_PTHREAD_SERIALIZE
-D SINGLE_LISTEN_UNSERIALIZED_ACCEPT
-D APR_HAS_OTHER_CHILD
-D AP_HAVE_RELIABLE_PIPED_LOGS
-D DYNAMIC_MODULE_LIMIT=128
-D HTTPD_ROOT=”/etc/httpd”
-D SUEXEC_BIN=”/usr/sbin/suexec”
-D DEFAULT_PIDLOG=”logs/httpd.pid”
-D DEFAULT_SCOREBOARD=”logs/apache_runtime_status”
-D DEFAULT_LOCKFILE=”logs/accept.lock”
-D DEFAULT_ERRORLOG=”logs/error_log”
-D AP_TYPES_CONFIG_FILE=”conf/mime.types”
-D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE=”conf/httpd.conf”

If you want display only the Apache version number, use the option -v (lower-case v) as shown below.

# httpd -v
 
Server version: Apache/2.2.9 (Unix)
Server built:   Jul 14 2008 15:36:56