Mac OS x Restart Apache Web Server

How do I restart Apache web server under Mac OS X operating systems?

The apachectl command act as Apache HTTP Server control interface. It can be used to start, stop, and restart the Apache web server from command line.

Open a terminal and type any one of the following command:

sudo apachectl restart

OR

sudo apachectl -k restart

Fig.01: Restarting Apache under Mac OS X

Task: Stop Apache Web server

sudo  apachectl -k stop

Task: Start Apache Web server

sudo  apachectl -k start