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Restarting Apache HTTP server and Apache Tomcat

Restart the Web servers and clear the browser cache to apply your changes.

Procedure

  1. In terminal, navigate to the bin/ subdirectory of your Apache Tomcat home directory and enter the following command to stop Apache Tomcat:

    ./shutdown.sh

  2. Delete the contents of the work/ subdirectory of the Tomcat home directory.
  3. Navigate to the bin/ subdirectory of your Apache Tomcat home directory and enter the following command to restart Apache Tomcat:

    ./startup.sh

  4. Navigate to the bin/ subdirectory of your Apache HTTP home directory and enter the following command to restart the Apache HTTP server:

    apachectl -restart

  5. Clear your browser cache.