apache2ctl Command Examples

Administrate the Apache HTTP web server. This command comes with Debian based OSes, for RHEL based ones see httpd. More information: https://manned.org/apache2ctl.8.

• Start the Apache daemon. Throw a message if it is already running:

sudo apache2ctl start

• Stop the Apache daemon:

sudo apache2ctl stop

• Restart the Apache daemon:

sudo apache2ctl restart

• Test syntax of the configuration file:

sudo apache2ctl -t

• List loaded modules:

sudo apache2ctl -M