Starting apache2 server from terminal

Question

I have installed LAMP stack on Ubuntu 14.04. Now I want to start apache2 server from terminal. What are the commands to do that?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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Try executing following command

$sudo service apache2 restart|stop|start

open the web browser and go to the URL http://localhost

if you read

"It works!"

message on browser

which is the content of the file

/var/www/index.html

this proves that Apache server has started and it is working. source.

edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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answered Dec 29 '16 at 11:23

dkb

I think '$sudo service apache2 restart' will restart the server. What if the server is down and I want to start it again.? – Mostafiz Ur Rahman Dec 29 '16 at 11:27
here is : http://askubuntu.com/questions/6358/how-do-you-restart-apache – dkb Dec 29 '16 at 11:31
I think it is the way to restart the server, where the server is already running. – Mostafiz Ur Rahman Dec 29 '16 at 11:33
you can use any of the commands $sudo service apache2 start or $sudo service apache2 stop or $sudo service apache2 restart based on your need. – dkb Dec 29 '16 at 11:35

Thomas · Answer 2 · 2016-12-29T16:45:28.160

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To start the apache2 server from terminal run the command as follows.

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start

To make it start automatically at bootup, execute the command as follows.

sudo update-rc.d apache2 enable

edited Dec 29 '16 at 16:45

answered Dec 29 '16 at 11:24

Thomas

Don't I need to add '$sudo' before the command to start apache2? – Mostafiz Ur Rahman Dec 29 '16 at 11:30
If you are not logged in as root, then yes you have to add sudo. Sorry... – Thomas Dec 29 '16 at 16:45

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