Ubuntu Linux Start / Restart / Stop Apache Web Server

by on February 6, 2008 · 17 comments· last updated at August 28, 2009

How do I start, restart or stop Apache 2 web server under Ubuntu Linux operating systems?

/etc/init.d/apache2 is service script used to start / stop / restart the Apache2 service under Debian or Ubuntu Linux. You need to login as root or use sudo command restart Apache.

Task: Start Apache 2 Server

# /etc/init.d/apache2 start
or
$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start

Task: Restart Apache 2 Server

# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
or
$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Task: Stop Apache 2 Server

# /etc/init.d/apache2 stop
or
$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop



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1 gzip June 25, 2009 at 4:59 am

Edit ~/.bash_profile and add:
alias apache='sudo /etc/init.d/apache2'

Then it’s just apache start, apache restart, etc.

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2 Ricardo Soares de Lima February 2, 2010 at 1:55 am

Thanks for the tip. It worked like a charm.

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3 Marco March 18, 2010 at 3:51 pm

thanks man

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4 pingloopback November 4, 2010 at 12:48 am

These cmd line works great!!!!

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5 John December 14, 2010 at 12:52 am

Here is what works for me:

/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd (space) start

or

/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd (space) stop

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6 man February 27, 2011 at 8:16 am

nice tutorials,
is there a way to run the apache server as services just like in xampp?
Thanks,
man

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7 ffadly April 7, 2011 at 10:44 pm

wohooooooo,,,, good tutorial ,,, 4 thumbs ^_^

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8 murugesh June 7, 2011 at 9:26 am

it s not workin for me….
the result is
sudo: /etc/init.d/apache2 commad not found
pls help me guys

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9 unnikrishnan June 28, 2011 at 4:35 pm

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 do not put that column after sudo

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10 blog for note June 10, 2011 at 3:53 pm

i has stop my apache server, but another connections still establish

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 14940 /tmp/orbit-username/

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11 MaurĂ­lio August 17, 2011 at 6:38 pm

I’m from Brazil, and your tip helped me a lot, thanks!

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12 Hemant Thorat January 3, 2012 at 6:05 am

sudo service apache2 restart

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13 yaasin February 29, 2012 at 3:10 am

Thanks mate! nice and easy ( I like the easy ones!)

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14 gagan March 26, 2012 at 11:23 am

awesome site………

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15 Oz April 25, 2012 at 11:36 am

Thanks for the help.

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16 mark May 7, 2012 at 3:16 pm

the amount of times i forget this. sheesh. thanks gzip

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17 Ibrahim Musa November 1, 2012 at 3:45 pm

Hi! this tutorial is great. things have been ok but mine didnt work at the configuration stage. i restart the server but this d response:
Restarting web server apache2 apache2: Could not reliably determine the server’s fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName
… waiting apache2: Could not reliably determine the server’s fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName
help me pls

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