a2enmod

a2enmod, a2dismod - enable or disable an apache2 module

SYNOPSIS

a2enmod [-q|--quiet] [-m|--maintmode] [ module ]
a2dismod [-q|--quiet] [-f|--force] [-m|--maintmode] [-p|--purge] [ 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 removing 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

-f, --force When disabling a module, also cascade disables all modules that depends on it

-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

Enable the mod_imagemap module, and disables the mod_mime_magic module

a2enmod imagemap a2dismod mime_magic

Dateien

Datei	Beschreibung
/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

1. apache2ctl(8)
2. a2enconf(8)
3. a2disconf(8)
4. a2ensite(8)
5. a2dissite(8)