server restart apache2 code example
Example 1: ubuntu 14 apache2 graceful restart
# Restart Apache 2 server on Linux/Unix
sudo service apache2 restart
# Start Apache 2 server on Linux/Unix
sudo service apache2 start
# Stop Apache 2 server on Linux/Unix
sudo service apache2 stop
# Reload Apache 2 server on Linux/Unix "No downtime!"
sudo service apache2 reload
Example 2: how to kill apache process in linux
sudo netstat -nap | grep :80
You’ll see apache2 and there is 3–4 digit numbers before it, mine is 980
sudo kill [number]