systemctl start apache2.service 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: start apache service

systemctl status apache2

Example 3: systemctl status apache2.service

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