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apache2:restart
Restart the Apache webserver
$ systemctl restart apache2
try on your machine
This command is used to restart the Apache web server on a Linux distribution that uses Systemd as the init system. Here, "systemctl" is a command used to control the Systemd system and service manager, "restart" is the action to be performed, which means to stop and start the service again, and "apache2" is the service or unit name, indicating that the command should be applied to the Apache web server service. Therefore, the command will stop the running Apache service, then start it again, which will reload its configuration files and make any changes take effect.
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