apachectl restart vs stop start

This is a note to myself as much as anything:

apachectl restart is not the same as apachectl stop followed by apachectl start

In particular, the ServerLimit configuration item will not be re-read if restart is used.

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  1. Don’t forget the handy little apachectl graceful, which reloads configuration without restarting apache, one that you taught me! I’m still not sure exactly what it does and doesn’t reload, but it does the RewriteRule’s which is generally what I need…

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