Apache - graceful restart
Apachectl restart is used in 98% of the cases that require a web server reboot. What not everyone knows is that we can use a command that doesn’t stop all the child processes and doesn’t lead to possible blocked user sessions.
apachectl graceful
will allow each child process to die peacefully. For an even more graceful restart use
apachectl -k graceful-stop && apachectl -k start
