apache2ctl

The CLI tool to administrate HTTP web server Apache. This commmand comes with Debian based OSes, for RHEL based ones see httpd.

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