How do I run systemctl restart apache2 in AWS Ubuntu when it requires a password [closed]

Question

I am trying to restart Apache and I get...

ubuntu@ip-172-xx-xx-xx:~$ systemctl restart apache2
==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.systemd1.manage-units ===
Authentication is required to restart 'apache2.service'.
Authenticating as: Ubuntu (ubuntu)

This is a brand new instance and I never set the ubuntu user password. Is there a default password set on instance creation?

How do I restart apache in AWS Ubuntu?

Answer 1

If you setup a key pair for your instance on creation, then there is no password for the user ubuntu nor is password based login enabled. You must login using your key pair.

To execute commands that require elevated permissions, use sudo in front of your command. The actual command to restart apache2 depends on which Linux distribution and version you are using.

sudo systemctl restart apache2

or

sudo service apache2 restart