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Genadinik
Asked: 2011-03-31 14:30:38 +0800 CST

Commands and paths to stop and start Apache on Ubuntu

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I have been looking up different documentation for how to start/stop Apache and from which directory, and have not found the right answer.

I am using Ubuntu.

ubuntu apache-2.2

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  1. Best Answer

    In typical operation (running as a service, not troubleshooting or debugging, etc), the "proper" way to do it is with the service command:

    service apache2 start
service apache2 stop
service apache2 restart
service apache2 reload (when you want to reload the config)

    The directory that this is run from is inconsequential. And for your information, the scripts that the service command uses are in /etc/init.d; Apache's resides at /etc/init.d/apache2. So /etc/init.d/apache2 start etc. will also get what you want; but Ubuntu 10.10 and newer will whine at you to use the service command instead.

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  2. You could also use:

    invoke-rc.d apache2 start

    This should also allow you to run the Apache 2 init.d script.

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