You can stop and start the IBM® HTTP
Server service in Windows with
the WebSphere® administrative
console, Start menu, or the command line.
Before you begin
Ensure that the IBM HTTP
Server Administration Service is started.
About this task
In a clustered deployment, if you have multiple remote web
servers to manage or restart from a single location, you can use the WebSphere administrative console.
Typically, you must stop the IBM HTTP
Server before you apply fix packs or apply IBM HTTP Server configuration changes.
Procedure
- To start and stop the IBM HTTP
Server from the Windows Start
menu:
| Option |
Description |
|---|
| Start IBM HTTP Server |
|
| Stop IBM HTTP Server |
|
- To start and stop the IBM HTTP
Server from the WebSphere administrative
console:
Note: If the web server is not displayed in
the administrative console, be sure that you configured the IBM HTTP Server. Configuring the IBM HTTP Server, creates the web
server definition in the WebSphere administrative
console.
| Option |
Description |
|---|
| Start IBM HTTP Server |
- Start the WebSphere administrative
console and log on with WebSphere administrator
privileges.
- Click .
- Select the check box next to each web server. For example: webserver1.
- Click Start.
|
| Stop IBM HTTP Server |
- Start the WebSphere administrative
console and log on with WebSphere administrator
privileges.
- Click .
- Select the check box next to each web server. For example: webserver1.
- Click Stop.
|
- To start and stop the IBM HTTP
Server Administration service:
See the following
examples:
- Start the IBM HTTP Server
Administration service
- Stop the IBM HTTP Server
Administration service
Note: Some procedures such as applying IBM HTTP Server fix packs might require you to
stop the HTTP Server Administration service as a prerequisite.
Results
You restarted the IBM HTTP
Server.
Example
Command-line alternatives (Windows)
- Stop HTTP Server service
- net stop "IBM HTTP Server 7.0"
- Stop HTTP Administration Server service
- net stop "IBM HTTP Administration 7.0"
- Start HTTP Server service
- net start "IBM HTTP Server 7.0"
- Start HTTP Administration service
- net start "IBM HTTP Administration 7.0"
What to do next
To verify the status of the IBM HTTP
Server in the services management console.
On the web server host,
run the services management console.
Verify the status indicators
for the services, IBM HTTP Server 7.0 and IBM
HTTP Administration 7.0.
