diff --git a/app/scripts/ansible/roles/apache/handlers/main.yml b/app/scripts/ansible/roles/apache/handlers/main.yml
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+---
+- name: restart apache
+  service:
+    name: "{{ apache_service }}"
+    state: "{{ apache_restart_state }}"