disable apache ubuntu code example

Example 1: remove apache2 from ubuntu

#stop the apache2 service 
$ sudo systemctl stop apache2 

#remove apache2 packages
$ sudo apt-get purge apache2 apache2-utils apache2-bin apache2.2-common

# cleanup
$ sudo apt-get autoremove

# check if the apache has been removed:
#1- following command line should return a blank line
$ which apache2   
# 2- following command line should return apache2: Failed to start apache2.service: Unit apache2.service not found.
$ sudo systemctl start apache2

Example 2: stop apache server

# On Ubuntu
## Start command ##
systemctl start apache2.service
## Stop command ##
systemctl stop apache2.service
## Restart command ##
systemctl restart apache2.service

Example 3: restart apache

sudo systemctl restart apache2
# or
sudo service apache2 restart

Example 4: remove apache ubuntu

sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt remove apache2
sudo apt-get purge apache2 apache2-utils apache2-bin apache2.2-common