Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual page 403

start
Starts Apache if it is not already running.
startssl
Starts Apache with SSL support if it is not already running. For more information
about SSL support, refer to
SSL" (page 401).
stop
Stops Apache by terminating the parent process.
restart
Stops and then restarts Apache. Starts the Web server if it was not running before.
try-restart
Stops then restarts Apache only if it is already running.
reload or graceful
Stops the Web server by advising all forked Apache processes to first finish their
requests before shutting down. As each process dies, it is replaced by a newly
started one, resulting in complete "restart" of Apache.
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rcapache2 reload is the preferred method of restarting Apache in
production environments, for example, to activate a change in the configu-
ration, because it allows all clients to be served without causing connection
break-offs.
restart-graceful
Starts a second Web server that immediately serves all incoming requests. The
previous instance of the Web server continues to handle all existing requests for a
defined period of time configured with GracefulShutdownTimeout.
rcapache2 restart-graceful is either useful when upgrading to a new
version or when having changed configuration options that require a restart. Using
this option ensures a minimum server downtime.
Section 27.6, "Setting Up a Secure Web Server with
The Apache HTTP Server 389