How can I tell what version of apache I'm running?

Question

I know about the phpinfo() way but is there any other way? I'm using CentOS and I can't find the httpd executable to run httpd -v.

score 98 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 02 '11 at 15:58

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Either rpm -q httpd or /usr/sbin/httpd -v should work.

answered Feb 02 '11 at 15:58

jsbillings

Thanks! I kept looking in /sbin instead of /usr/sbin but both of those worked! Hopefully Google will index this answer instead of the garbage that is out there. – tooshel Feb 02 '11 at 16:15
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@tooshel: You could have tried locate. "locate bin/httpd". Assuming it's installed, not sure it's standard on CentOS. – Jürgen A. Erhard Feb 02 '11 at 16:39
Yeah, we do have locate . . . I found out because another colleague was convinced I didn't move something because the "locate" index was not updated. I still always forget it's there! Thanks! – tooshel Feb 04 '11 at 16:25
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Can confirm this works on Mac OS El Capitan. – crmpicco Jul 07 '16 at 01:52
This does not work. It only figures out the apache version on the harddisk. Not the currently running one. – Peter May 25 '22 at 09:07
@Peter that may be true but the Apache httpd in Centos restarts the daemon when you update the package so it shouldn’t differ. – jsbillings May 25 '22 at 10:52

score 79 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 14 '15 at 22:58

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For recent Apache versions, try this:

$ /usr/sbin/apache2 -v

The output should be something like this:

Server version: Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu)
Server built:   Jul 24 2015 17:25:11

answered Sep 14 '15 at 22:58

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This worked on GNU/Linux 9 (stretch). Thanks ! – navule Dec 20 '19 at 11:58
Works ™ for Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS. – COil Feb 23 '20 at 07:49
I can confirm it works on Debian GNU/Linux 8.11 (jessie) – kanlukasz Jul 27 '20 at 10:16

score 8 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 19 '20 at 02:22

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Run this command in your console:

apache2 -v

Output should be something like:

Server version: Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu)
Server built:   Jan 14 2016 17:45:23

answered Nov 19 '20 at 02:22

Edwin M

score 7 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 26 '20 at 10:46

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You can use:

sudo httpd -v

The result will look like this :

Server version: Apache/2.4.5 (CentOS)
Server built:   Aug  2 2019 10:41:15

answered Feb 26 '20 at 10:46

Neil

Welcome to the site. Your answer seems rather similar to what @jsbillings proposed; would you mind to add some explanation on where your approach differs or what new aspect it tackles? – AdminBee Feb 26 '20 at 11:38

score 5 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 30 '15 at 17:32

The above check only includes the primary version number, not including the extended backport patches.

If you installed with yum you can:

yum list httpd

and get the full version (note the -31 / -47)

Installed Packages httpd.x86_64 2.2.15-31.el6.centos Available Packages httpd.x86_64 2.2.15-47.el6.centos

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 17 '17 at 22:14

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for ports users:

port list apache2
apache2                        @2.4.28         www/apache2

answered Oct 17 '17 at 22:14

pgee70

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