How to Enable/Disable Modules in Apache2 on Ubuntu & LinuxMint

Apache is a most popular web server used in Linux operating systems. Apache is a modular web server where each functionality is served by specific modules. To add or remove any specific functionality to Apache server we can simply enable or disable corresponding module.

Enable Module in Apache2

We use a2enmod command to enable modules in Apache2 web server. For example, if we need to enable Apache rewrite module use following command.

sudo a2enmod rewrite

sudo service apache2 reload

Disable Module in Apache2

Similarly to disable module we use a2dismod command. For example if we need to disable Apache rewrite module use following command.

sudo a2dismod rewrite

sudo service apache2 reload

Check Modules Status

Check the status of the specific module using a2query command. For example to find the current status of the rewrite module run below command.

sudo a2query -m rewrite

Output:

rewrite (enabled by site administrator)

List Apache2 Modules

To list all avalable Apache2 modules with the status, use the following command.

sudo a2query -m

Output:

autoindex (enabled by maintainer script)
mpm_prefork (enabled by maintainer script)
authn_file (enabled by maintainer script)
proxy (enabled by site administrator)
authz_svn (enabled by maintainer script)
dav (enabled by maintainer script)
...
...
dav_svn (enabled by maintainer script)
proxy_http (enabled by site administrator)
authz_user (enabled by maintainer script)
filter (enabled by maintainer script)
access_compat (enabled by maintainer script)
setenvif (enabled by maintainer script)