YouTube Video INTRODUCTION Apache Web Server is an open source software package. This means it can be used freely without requiring any purchases. The official name is Apache HTTP Server. It is a software package that turns a computer into an HTTP web server. This means that it sends web pages stored as HTML files to users who request them on the internet. It runs on 67% of all web servers in the world. It is fast, reliable and secure. It can be highly customized to meet the needs of different environments using modules and extensions. This guide will help you install the Apache Web Server on Ubuntu. Prerequisites A computer running Ubuntu Operating System 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) Good/stable Internet Connection A user account with sudo or root privilege Tools Needed Terminal or Command line (Ctrl + Alt + T) A firewall. The default Ubuntu Firewall is okay. (UFW - Uncomplicated Firewall) The apt package manager which is installed by default on Ubuntu.

YouTube Video INTRODUCTION Apache is part of the popular LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack of software. It is included by default in Ubuntu 18.04. This guide will show you how to start, stop and restart Apache server in Ubuntu Linux using the terminal or command line. PREREQUISITES A user account with sudo or root privileges An installed and configured Apache installation The apt package manager which is included by default Terminal window or command line Commands for Ubuntu 18.04, 16.04 and Debian 9.x commands Start Apache Web Server Use the following command to start the Apache server    sudo systemctl start apache2 Check status to see whether Apache is enabled using the following command sudo systemctl status apache2 If it is running,it should display the message active (running) as in the image below Stop Apache Web Server Use the following commands to stop the Apache Server sudo systemctl stop apache2