{"id":452,"date":"2018-10-17T11:41:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T11:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2018\/10\/17\/check-out-ways-to-stop-and-restart-apache-on-linux-systems\/"},"modified":"2018-10-17T11:41:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T11:41:10","slug":"check-out-ways-to-stop-and-restart-apache-on-linux-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2018\/10\/17\/check-out-ways-to-stop-and-restart-apache-on-linux-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Out Ways to Stop and Restart Apache on Linux Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"stop<\/p>\n

As we all know, Apache is a free and open source cross-platform web server that is used to serve both static and dynamic web pages. on the web. In this article, we’ll focus on how you can start and restart Apache web server on Linux systems using the apache2 command.<\/p>\n

On Ubuntu\/Debian Linux<\/h2>\n

Let’s see how we can start, stop and restart apache2 web server in Ubuntu and Debian versions<\/p>\n

Apache2 Restart\/Start\/Stop\/<\/h2>\n

For Ubuntu and Debian Systemd users – Ubuntu 18.04,16.04 and Debian 9.x later use below commands.<\/p>\n

Start Apache2 by running<\/p>\n

# systemctl start apache2<\/p>\n

Stop Apache2 by running<\/p>\n

# systemctl stop apache2<\/p>\n

Restart Apache2 by running<\/p>\n

# systemctl restart apache2<\/p>\n

To check Apache2 status on the terminal run<\/p>\n

# systemctl status apache2<\/p>\n

Sample Output<\/p>\n

\u25cf apache2.service – LSB: Apache2 web server
\n Loaded: loaded (\/etc\/init.d\/apache2; bad; vendor preset: enabled)
\n Drop-In: \/lib\/systemd\/system\/apache2.service.d
\n \u2514\u2500apache2-systemd.conf
\n Active: active (running) since Tue 2018-09-11 12:49:03 UTC; 26s ago
\n Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
\n CGroup: \/system.slice\/apache2.service
\n \u251c\u250028788 \/usr\/sbin\/apache2 -k start
\n \u251c\u250028791 \/usr\/sbin\/apache2 -k start
\n \u2514\u250028792 \/usr\/sbin\/apache2 -k start<\/p>\n

To verify whether the web server is indeed running, open your browser and enter your server’s IP address<\/p>\n

http:\/\/server-ip-address\/<\/p>\n

You should be able to view Apache’s default page as shown below<\/p>\n

\"restart<\/p>\n

For older versions of Ubuntu -14.10 and older and Debian older<\/p>\n

Start Apache2 service by running<\/p>\n

# sudo service apache2 start
\nor
\n# \/etc\/init.d\/apache2 start
\nor
\n# sudo \/etc\/init.d\/apache2 start<\/p>\n

Stop Apache2 service by running<\/p>\n

# sudo service apache2 stop
\nor
\n# \/etc\/init.d\/ apache2 stop<\/p>\n

Restart Apache2 service by running<\/p>\n

# sudo service apache2 restart
\nor
\n# \/etc\/init.d\/ apache2 restart
\nor
\n# sudo \/etc\/init.d\/ apache2 restart<\/p>\n

Sample Output<\/p>\n

[ ok ] Restarting apache2 (via systemctl): apache2.service.<\/p>\n

Check Apache2 status run<\/p>\n

# sudo service apache2 status
\nor
\n# \/etc\/init.d\/ apache2 status
\nor
\n# sudo \/etc\/init.d\/ apache2 status<\/p>\n

Sample Output<\/p>\n

\u25cf apache2.service – LSB: Apache2 web server
\n Loaded: loaded (\/etc\/init.d\/apache2; bad; vendor preset: enabled)
\n Drop-In: \/lib\/systemd\/system\/apache2.service.d
\n \u2514\u2500apache2-systemd.conf
\n Active: active (running) since Tue 2018-09-11 12:49:03 UTC; 26s ago
\n Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
\n CGroup: \/system.slice\/apache2.service
\n \u251c\u250028788 \/usr\/sbin\/apache2 -k start
\n \u251c\u250028791 \/usr\/sbin\/apache2 -k start
\n \u2514\u250028792 \/usr\/sbin\/apache2 -k start<\/p>\n

On RHEL\/CentOS<\/h2>\n

Apache2 Restart\/Start\/Stop<\/h2>\n

For newer versions of RHEL \/ CentOS (Versions 7.x and later)<\/p>\n

Start Apache2 by running<\/p>\n

# systemctl start httpd
\nor
\n# systemctl start httpd.service<\/p>\n

Stop Apache2 by running<\/p>\n

# systemctl stop httpd
\nor
\n# systemctl stop httpd.service<\/p>\n

Restart Apache2 by running<\/p>\n

# systemctl restart httpd
\nor
\n# systemctl restart httpd.service<\/p>\n

To verify\/check the status of Apache2<\/p>\n

# systemctl status httpd<\/p>\n

Sample Output<\/p>\n

\u25cf httpd.service – The Apache HTTP Server
\n Loaded: loaded (\/usr\/lib\/systemd\/system\/httpd.service; disabled; vendor prese t: disabled)
\n Active: active (running) since Tue 2018-09-11 17:33:28 UTC; 6min ago
\n Docs: man:httpd(8)
\n man:apachectl(8)
\n Main PID: 1450 (httpd)
\n Status: “Total requests: 0; Current requests\/sec: 0; Current traffic: 0 B\/s ec”
\n CGroup: \/system.slice\/httpd.service
\n \u251c\u25001450 \/usr\/sbin\/httpd -DFOREGROUND
\n \u251c\u25001451 \/usr\/sbin\/httpd -DFOREGROUND
\n \u251c\u25001452 \/usr\/sbin\/httpd -DFOREGROUND
\n \u251c\u25001453 \/usr\/sbin\/httpd -DFOREGROUND
\n \u251c\u25001454 \/usr\/sbin\/httpd -DFOREGROUND
\n \u2514\u25001455 \/usr\/sbin\/httpd -DFOREGROUND
\n
\nSep 11 17:33:28 ip-172-31-16-67.us-east-2.compute.internal systemd[1]: Starti…
\nSep 11 17:33:28 ip-172-31-16-67.us-east-2.compute.internal systemd[1]: Starte…
\nHint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full. <\/p>\n

For older versions (CentOS\/RHEL (Red Hat) Linux version 4.x\/5.x\/6.x )<\/p>\n

Start Apache2 by running<\/p>\n

# service httpd start<\/p>\n

Stop Apache2 by running<\/p>\n

# service httpd stop<\/p>\n

Restart Apache2 by running<\/p>\n

# service httpd restart<\/p>\n

To check the status of Apache web server<\/p>\n

# service httpd status<\/p>\n

sample output<\/p>\n

\u25cf httpd.service – The Apache HTTP Server
\nLoaded: loaded (\/usr\/lib\/systemd\/system\/httpd.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
\nActive: active (running) since Tue 2018-09-11 19:46:30 UTC; 1 weeks 1 days ago
\nDocs: man:httpd(8)
\nman:apachectl(8)
\nProcess: 9118 ExecStop=\/bin\/kill -WINCH $ (code=exited, status=0\/SUCCESS)
\nProcess: 22055 ExecReload=\/usr\/sbin\/httpd $OPTIONS -k graceful (code=exited, status=0\/SUCCESS)
\nMain PID: 9122 (httpd)
\nStatus: “Total requests: 0; Current requests\/sec: 0; Current traffic: 0 B\/sec”
\nCGroup: \/system.slice\/httpd.service
\n\u251c\u2500 9122 \/usr\/sbin\/httpd -DFOREGROUND
\n\u251c\u250022058 \/usr\/sbin\/httpd -DFOREGROUND
\n\u251c\u250022059 \/usr\/sbin\/httpd -DFOREGROUND
\n\u251c\u250022060 \/usr\/sbin\/httpd -DFOREGROUND
\n\u251c\u250022061 \/usr\/sbin\/httpd -DFOREGROUND
\n\u251c\u250022062 \/usr\/sbin\/httpd -DFOREGROUND
\n\u251c\u250022149 \/usr\/sbin\/httpd -DFOREGROUND
\n\u2514\u250027556 \/usr\/sbin\/httpd -DFOREGROUND<\/p>\n

Just like in Debian systems, you can verify that the web server is running by opening your browser and typing your server’s IP address<\/p>\n

http:\/\/server-ip-address\/<\/p>\n

\"restart<\/p>\n

On Fedora<\/h2>\n

Apache2 Restart\/Start\/Stop<\/h2>\n

For Fedora Systems (22 and later)<\/p>\n

Start Apache2 by running<\/p>\n

# systemctl start httpd
\nor
\n# apachectl start<\/p>\n

Stop Apache2 by running<\/p>\n

# systemctl stop httpd
\nor
\n# apachectl -k stop<\/p>\n

To restart Apache2 run<\/p>\n

apachectl -k restart<\/p>\n

To check Apache2 status<\/p>\n

systemctl status httpd<\/p>\n

To confirm that the server is up and running on a web browser, type the server’s IP<\/p>\n

http:\/\/server-ip-address\/<\/p>\n

\"restart<\/p>\n

In this article, we focussed on How you can start, stop and restart Apache2 web server on Linux Systems such as Ubuntu\/Debian and Redhat systems. We hope that this tutorial has been helpful.<\/p>\n

Read Also:<\/h3>\n