When you install self-compiled Apache and MySQL, they are not added as system services by default, so we need to manually add them as services.

Adding Apache as a System Service

  1. Copy apachectl to the init.d directory

    # cp /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd

  2. Edit httpd

    # vi /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd

    Add the following comment lines:

    # chkconfig: 345 85 15
# description: Apache server

  3. Add Apache to the system services

    # chkconfig --add httpd

Adding MySQL as a System Service

  1. Copy MySQL to the init.d directory

    # cp /usr/local/mysql5/share/mysql/mysql.server /etc/init.d/mysqld

  2. Add mysqld to the system services

    # chkconfig --add mysqld

After completing the above steps, you can use:

# service httpd/mysqld restart/start/stop

to control the start, stop, and restart of Apache/MySQL.