ubuntu restart apache2 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: 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 3: restart apache ubuntu

# 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

Example 4: restart apache

sudo systemctl restart apache2
# or
sudo service apache2 restart

Example 5: How to start apache2 server

# Start Apache 2 server on Linux/Unix
sudo service apache2 start

Example 6: apache restart ubuntu

sudo service apache2 restart