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Sourabh
Asked: 2014-01-16 00:47:23 +0800 CST

Apache2 stop command missing

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How do I stop my local apache server?

/etc/init.d/apache2 and service apache2 give only 3 options -- restart, startand status

I rebooted my syetem and now sudo /etc/inid.d/apache stop works but doesn't give the stop option on TAB

httpd was missing so I did sudo ln -s /usr/sbin/apachectl /etc/init.d/httpd -- read it on some forum

The httpd service now gives start and status option (Again, no stop)

doing sudo /etc/init.d/httpd status says

Looking up localhost
Making HTTP connection to localhost
Alert!: Unable to connect to remote host.

lynx: Can't access startfile http://localhost/server-status
'www-browser -dump http://localhost:80/server-status' failed.
Maybe you need to install a package providing www-browser or you
need to adjust the APACHE_LYNX variable in /etc/apache2/envvars

I did install lynx just before making the link by sudo apt-get install lynx

Why is only the stop missing? This is just plain weird ...

apache2

4 Answers

  1. Here's how i kill it:

    $ sudo service apache2 stop

    make sure it is off, or that the process isn't running

    ps -elf | grep apache
0 S j0h      14733 24786  0  80   0 -  1108 pipe_w 08:22 pts/1    00:00:00 grep --color=auto apache

    (says the only instance of Apache is my query)

    Starting back up:

    sudo service apache2 start

    Other methods, include 

    $sudo service apache2 graceful-stop

    You could kill apache2 many other ways:

    $sudo pkill apache2

$sudo kill -9 <apache PID>

    (find apache's pid ps aux | grep apac) or use top to find the PID of apache2)

    This line:

    sudo /etc/inid.d/apache stop

    you probably meant init.d

    That might just be a typo though, I am not sure.

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  2. You could also use the apache2ctl command.

    sudo apache2ctl stop

    That handles the service and all in a short command. Other commands like start, restart are also supported.

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  3. Okay! Apache is restarting successfully but just isn't sure where that it want serve from, as it is choosing your localhost (127.0.0.1) by default. To prevent this message from appearing, add the following line into your /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file:

    ServerName localhost

    P.S.: Make sure that you want to serve from localhost (127.0.0.1)

    More: How to fix Apache – "Could not reliably determine the server’s fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName" Error on Ubuntu

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  4. $ sudo service apache2 stop

    worked for me . I was getting error while starting tomcat7 in eclipse but it show error "Port already in use for 8080 and 8005" as the ports were already acquired by apache2 (i.e for php server).

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