How to reinstall Apache

Introduction

It may be necessary to reinstall Apache. This article provides the steps to reinstall Apache.

Procedure

1. Access the server's command line as the 'root' user via SSH or "Terminal" in WHM.
2. Remove the existing package.
   • RHEL-based systems

     rpm -e --nodeps --justdb ea-apache24

   • Ubuntu

     apt purge ea-apache24*

     mv /etc/apache2{,.bak}

3. Reinstall Apache.

   /usr/local/bin/ea_install_profile --install /etc/cpanel/ea4/profiles/cpanel/default.json 

   Please note that if you have saved a custom profile, you should use /etc/cpanel/ea4/profiles/custom/$profilename.json, where $profilename is the profile's name, instead of /etc/cpanel/ea4/profiles/cpanel/default.json.