Stopping and Restarting Apache HTTP Server - Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4

This document covers stopping and restarting Apache HTTP Server on Unix-like systems. Windows NT, 2000 and XP users should see Running httpd as a Service and Windows 9x and ME users should see Running httpd as a Console Application for information on how to control httpd on those platforms. Introduction In order to stop or restart the Apache HTTP Server, you must send a signal to the running httpd

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Apache の緩やかな再起動 (Graceful Restart) 「子プロセスに現在のリクエストの処理の後に終了する (あるいは何もしていなければすぐに終了する) ように助言」停止と再起動 - Apache HTTP サーバ

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Graceful stop。緩やかな再起動と急な再起動。