Here’s a list of Apache commands and operations.
Load & Unload Apache sites
(Explicitly name the *.conf file if needed)
a2ensite /etc/apache2/sites-available/*
a2dissite /etc/apache2/sites-available/*
Recycle Apache
(Compared to service apache2 restart init.d gives a return indication)
/etc/init.d/httpd restart
/etc/init.d/httpd start
/etc/init.d/httpd stop
List all apache .conf
apache2ctl -S