Apache

Commands

Using systemctl

• systemctl restart apache2.service

• systemctl restart apache2

Using service command

• service apache2 start

• service apache2 stop

• service apache2 restart

• service apache2 reload

• service apache2 status

Note: Use reload instead of restart most of the time. Restart will reset all connected connections so be careful when using it.

Enable/disable the virtual host (config) file

• sudo a2ensite example.com.conf

• sudo a2dissite example.com.conf

Reload/restart to take effect

• sudo service apache2 reload