How to Restart Apache in Ubuntu?

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Contents Debian/Ubuntu Linux Specific Commands to Start/Stop/Restart Apache Restart Apache 2 Web Server, Enter: # /Etc/Init. D/Apache2 Restart. Or. $ Sudo...

How to Restart Apache in Ubuntu?
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Debian/Ubuntu Linux Specific Commands to Start/Stop/Restart Apache

  • Restart Apache 2 web server, enter: # /etc/init.d/apache2 restart. OR. $ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart.
  • To stop Apache 2 web server, enter: # /etc/init.d/apache2 stop. OR.
  • To start Apache 2 web server, enter: # /etc/init.d/apache2 start. OR.

How do I restart Apache gracefully?

Restarting Apache Web Server from the command line

  1. Start Apache. apachectl start.
  2. Stop Apache. apachectl stop. Graceful Stop apachectl graceful-stop.
  3. Restart Apache. apachectl restart. Graceful restart apachectl graceful.
  4. To find the Apache version. httpd -v.

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How do I know if Apache is running on Ubuntu?

How to check running status of LAMP stack

  • For Ubuntu: # service apache2 status.
  • For CentOS: # /etc/init.d/httpd status.
  • For Ubuntu: # service apache2 restart.
  • For CentOS: # /etc/init.d/httpd restart.
  • You can use mysqladmin command to find out whether mysql is running or not.
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