Here are some commands that we use at the Gazette on our Linux web server. It is running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2.
Reload Apache Conf file
/etc/init.d/httpd reload
Restart Apache
apachectl -k graceful (didn’t work on Rackspace)
Restart Apache from ssh
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart
Modify Apache conf file
vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
vi commands
i enter edit mode
esc to exit edit mode (command mode)
:wq to write changes and quit (in command mode)
:!q quit without saving
Memory Use
free -t -m
