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 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.

       -m, --maintmode
              Enables the maintainer mode, that is the program invocation is effectuated automat‐
              ically 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 module.

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 AT sfarc.net> for the Debian GNU/Linux
       distribution, as it is a Debian-specific script with the package.



                                         12 October 2006                               A2ENMOD(8)