Comment 2 for bug 1832182

Output showing how to reproduce the issue:

root@server:/usr/local/sbin# apache2ctl stop
root@server:/usr/local/sbin# apache2ctl graceful
httpd not running, trying to start
root@server:/usr/local/sbin# systemctl status apache2.service
? apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
  Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/apache2.service.d
           +-apache2-systemd.conf
   Active: inactive (dead) since Mon 2019-06-10 01:04:13 MDT; 17s ago
  Process: 27370 ExecStop=/usr/sbin/apachectl stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 11462 ExecReload=/usr/sbin/apachectl graceful (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 1849 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Jun 08 19:11:24 server.[redacted2].com apachectl[1408]: AH00112: Warning: DocumentRoot [/srv/apache2/www/[redacted0]
Jun 08 19:11:24 server.[redacted2].com apachectl[1408]: AH00112: Warning: DocumentRoot [/srv/apache2/www/[redacted0]
Jun 08 19:11:24 server.[redacted2].com apachectl[1408]: AH00112: Warning: DocumentRoot [/srv/apache2/www/[redacted1].c
Jun 08 19:11:24 server.[redacted2].com apachectl[1408]: AH00112: Warning: DocumentRoot [/srv/apache2/www/[redacted1].c
Jun 08 19:11:24 server.[redacted2].com apachectl[1408]: AH00112: Warning: DocumentRoot [/srv/apache2/www/[redacted1]
Jun 08 19:11:24 server.[redacted2].com apachectl[1408]: AH00112: Warning: DocumentRoot [/srv/apache2/www/[redacted1]
Jun 08 19:11:24 server.[redacted2].com systemd[1]: Started The Apache HTTP Server.
Jun 09 06:25:04 server.[redacted2].com systemd[1]: Reloading The Apache HTTP Server.
Jun 09 06:25:04 server.[redacted2].com systemd[1]: Reloaded The Apache HTTP Server.
Jun 10 01:04:13 server.[redacted2].com apachectl[27370]: httpd (no pid file) not running

Output after customizing the apache2ctl script and restarting it:

root@server:/usr/local/sbin# apache2ctl_custom graceful
Invoking 'systemctl start apache2'.
Use 'systemctl status apache2' for more info.
root@server:/usr/local/sbin# systemctl status apache2.service
? apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
  Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/apache2.service.d
           +-apache2-systemd.conf
   Active: active (running) since Mon 2019-06-10 01:04:50 MDT; 4s ago
  Process: 27370 ExecStop=/usr/sbin/apachectl stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 11462 ExecReload=/usr/sbin/apachectl graceful (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 27432 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/apachectl start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 27444 (apache2)
    Tasks: 6 (limit: 2318)
   CGroup: /system.slice/apache2.service
           +-27444 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
           +-27448 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
           +-27449 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
           +-27451 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
           +-27454 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
           +-27455 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start

Jun 10 01:04:50 server.[redacted2].com systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server...
Jun 10 01:04:50 server.[redacted2].com systemd[1]: Started The Apache HTTP Server.