Starting Apache
- sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start
- sudo service apache2 start
Restarting Apache
- sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
- sudo service apache2 restart
- sudo apachectl -k restart
Gracefully Kill Apache Children
(does not kill or stop Apache)
- sudo apachectl -k graceful
Stopping Apache
- sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop
- sudo service apache2 stop
- sudo apachectl -k stop
View Apache Logs
- sudo tail -f /var/log/apache2/error.log
- sudo tail -f /var/log/apache2/access.log
- sudo tail -f /var/log/apache2/other_vhosts_access.log
Check access.log for attacks
- grep “client denied” /var/log/apache2/error.log | tail -n 10
Monitor Logs
- tail -f /var/log/auth.log -f /var/log/apache2/access.log -f /var/log/apache2/error.log -f /var/log/fail2ban.log
Removes sym-links that startup apache on boot
- sudo update-rc.d -f apache2 remove