sujoy101@gmail.com напи�ав:
> To The Group,
>
> I am looking for a scenario where virtual hosts (name based) can be
> restart (start/stop) individually without affecting the other
> hosts/sites configured on same Apache instance.
>
> Normally for any changes made in corresponding virtual host segment for
> an intended website, a total restart of Apache (apachectl) server is
> needed. Instead if I can have the flexibility of restarting only the
> concerned website (like IIS in Wondows).
>
> Any assistance/suggestion/know-how will be sincerely acknowledged.
>
> Regards
>
> Sujoy

Actually your question sounds like “How to make apache process reread
some part of configuration file?�. My answer is no , apache cannot
read only one part of his config file. Use apachectl graceful to
restart server transparently