a2enmod

A2ENMOD(8)                  System Manager's Manual                 A2ENMOD(8)

NAME
       a2enmod, a2dismod - enable or disable an apache2 module

SYNOPSIS
       a2enmod [ [-q|--quiet] module]

       a2dismod [ [-q|--quiet] module]

DESCRIPTION
       This manual page documents briefly the a2enmod and a2dismod commands.

       a2enmod  is  a  script  that  enables  the  specified module within the
       apache2 configuration.   It  does  this  by  creating  symlinks  within
       /etc/apache2/mods-enabled.  Likewise, a2dismod disables a module by re-
       moving those symlinks.  It is not an error to enable a module which  is
       already enabled, or to disable one which is already disabled.

       Note that many modules have, in addition to a .load file, an associated
       .conf file.  Enabling the module puts the configuration  directives  in
       the .conf file as directives into the main server context of apache2.

OPTIONS
       -q, --quiet
              Don't show informative messages.

       -m, --maintmode
              Enables  the  maintainer mode, that is the program invocation is
              effectuated automatically by a maintainer  script.  This  switch
              should not be used by end users.

       -p, --purge
              When  disabling  a module, purge all traces of the module in the
              internal state data base.

EXIT STATUS
       a2enmod and a2dismod exit with status 0 if all  modules  are  processed
       successfully, 1 if errors occur, 2 if an invalid option was used.

EXAMPLES
              a2enmod imagemap
              a2dismod mime_magic

       Enables  the  mod_imagemap module, and disables the mod_mime_magic mod-
       ule.

FILES
       /etc/apache2/mods-available
              Directory with files giving information on available modules.

       /etc/apache2/mods-enabled
              Directory with links to the files in mods-available for  enabled
              modules.

SEE ALSO
       apache2ctl(8), a2enconf(8), a2disconf(8).

AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Daniel Stone <daniel@sfarc.net> for the
       Debian GNU/Linux distribution, as it is a Debian-specific  script  with
       the package.

                                12 October 2006                     A2ENMOD(8)