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  dis‐
       able 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  suc‐
       cessfully, 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 mod‐
              ules.

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)