apache2ctl graceful-stop

Category: Web Servers & Proxies

apache2ctl graceful-stop

Stop Apache gracefully after current requests finish

Shuts Apache down softly, allowing in-flight requests to complete before workers exit. Unlike a hard stop, this avoids errors for users mid-download. It is the graceful counterpart to a plain stop.
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