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

                                                 12 October 2006                                      A2ENMOD(8)