Graceful Reload of Web Server (Nginx/Apache)

#!/bin/bash

# Check if running as root (required for systemctl commands)
if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
   echo "Error: This script must be run as root or with sudo." >&2
   exit 1
fi

echo "Attempting to gracefully reload web server configuration..."

# Check for Nginx and reload if found
if command -v nginx &> /dev/null; then
    echo "Nginx detected. Attempting graceful reload..."
    systemctl reload nginx
    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        echo "Nginx reloaded successfully."
    else
        echo "Failed to reload Nginx. Check system logs for details." >&2
        exit 1
    fi
# Check for Apache2 (Debian/Ubuntu) and reload if found
elif command -v apache2 &> /dev/null; then
    echo "Apache2 detected. Attempting graceful reload..."
    systemctl reload apache2
    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        echo "Apache2 reloaded successfully."
    else
        echo "Failed to reload Apache2. Check system logs for details." >&2
        exit 1
    fi
# Check for Apache (RHEL/CentOS httpd) and reload if found
elif command -v httpd &> /dev/null; then
    echo "Apache (httpd) detected. Attempting graceful reload..."
    systemctl reload httpd
    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        echo "Apache (httpd) reloaded successfully."
    else
        echo "Failed to reload Apache (httpd). Check system logs for details." >&2
        exit 1
    fi
else
    echo "Neither Nginx nor Apache web server found. No action taken." >&2
    exit 1
fi