Question: How to Restart Apache in Linux?

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 stop Apache Web server from starting?

systemctl command

1. Start apache command: $ sudo systemctl start apache2.service.
2. stop apache command : $ sudo systemctl stop apache2.service.
3. restart apache command: $ sudo systemctl restart apache2.service.
4. apache2ctl command can be used to stop or start apache web server under any Linux distribution or UNIX.

How do I restart Apachectl?

Restarting Apache Web Server from the command line

• Start Apache. apachectl start.
• Stop Apache. apachectl stop. Graceful Stop apachectl graceful-stop.
• Restart Apache. apachectl restart. Graceful restart apachectl graceful.
• To find the Apache version. httpd -v.