By default Apache server listens on TCP port 80 but I’d like an Apache Web Server to listen on port 80 and port 8080. The following article explains how do I configure Apache server to listen multiple ports under CentOS Linux Server?

To configure Apache server to listen multiple ports, you need to login as root and open configure file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and modify the Listen directive tells the server to accept incoming requests on the specified port.

# vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Find line that read as follows:

Listen 80

Force Apache server to listen on both port 80 and 8080:

Listen 80
Listen 8080

And find the VirtualHost portion for your website config and add *:8080 as shown below:

<VirtualHost *:80 *:8080>
...
</VirtualHost>

Save and close the file. Restart apache server:

# service httpd restart

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I’m using Apache server in CentOS / RHEL / Debian / Ubuntu and I’d like to start, stop or restart my apache server after making some changes to configuration settings. How do I start/stop/restart apache server ?

CentOS / RHEL

If you are using CentOS / RHEL then type the following commands

Start Apache server

# service httpd start

Stop Apache server

# service httpd stop

Restart Apache server

# service httpd start

You can also use following commands:

# /etc/init.d/httpd start
# /etc/init.d/httpd stop
# /etc/init.d/httpd restart

Please note that restart option is a shorthand way of stopping and then starting the Apache Server. You need to restart server whenever you make changes to configuration settings. It is also good idea to check configuration error before typing restart option:

# httpd -t

Sample outputs

Syntax OK

Debian / Ubuntu

If you are using Debian / Ubuntu then type the following commands

Start Apache server

# service apache2 start

Stop Apache server

# service apache2 stop

Restart Apache server

# service apache2 start

You can also use following commands:

# /etc/init.d/apache2 start
# /etc/init.d/apache2 stop
# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

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