"Apache2.service não está ativo, não pode recarregar"

Ao executar sudo service apache2 reload, recebo o erro:

apache2.service is not active, cannot reload

Saída de sudo service apache2 status

root@gamma:~# sudo service apache2 status
● apache2.service - LSB: Apache2 web server
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/apache2; bad; vendor preset: enabled)
Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/apache2.service.d
       └─apache2-systemd.conf
Active: inactive (dead) since Sat 2016-10-15 08:23:11 UTC; 2h 28min ago
 Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Process: 2203 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/apache2 stop (code=exited,     status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 2185 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/apache2 start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Oct 15 08:23:10 gamma systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Apache2 web server...
Oct 15 08:23:10 gamma apache2[2185]:  * Starting Apache httpd web server apache2
Oct 15 08:23:11 gamma apache2[2185]: Action 'start' failed.
Oct 15 08:23:11 gamma apache2[2185]: The Apache error log may have more information.
Oct 15 08:23:11 gamma apache2[2185]:  *
Oct 15 08:23:11 gamma apache2[2203]:  * Stopping Apache httpd web server apache2
Oct 15 08:23:11 gamma apache2[2203]:  *
Oct 15 08:23:11 gamma systemd[1]: Started LSB: Apache2 web server.
root@gamma:~# sudo service apache2 reload
apache2.service is not active, cannot reload.
root@gamma:~#

Saída de error.log

root@gamma:/# sudo service apache2 force-reload
apache2.service is not active, cannot reload.
root@gamma:/# grep '15 08:23:' /var/log/apache2/error.log
root@gamma:/# zgrep -h 'Oct 15 08:23:' /var/log/apache2/error.log*
[Sat Oct 15 08:23:11.012917 2016] [ssl:emerg] [pid 2202] AH02562: Failed to configure certificate   bot.testingsite.cf:443:0 (with chain), check /etc/apache2/ssl/bot.testingsite.cf.crt
[Sat Oct 15 08:23:11.013037 2016] [ssl:emerg] [pid 2202] SSL Library Error:    error:0906D06C:PEM rou  tines:PEM_read_bio:no start line (Expecting: TRUSTED CERTIFICATE) -- Bad file contents or format -   or even just a forgotten SSLCertificateKeyFile?
[Sat Oct 15 08:23:11.013056 2016] [ssl:emerg] [pid 2202] SSL Library Error: error:140DC009:SSL rou  tines:SSL_CTX_use_certificate_chain_file:PEM lib
root@gamma:/#

Eu tentei habilitar o certificado SSL. A Namecheap me forneceu um arquivo e eu o usei no arquivo ..cf.crt. Depois de ver esse erro, tentei validar via método DCV. Mas ainda assim eu recebo esse erro. sudo service apache2 restartnão fornece nenhuma saída.

Faz

apachectl stop

Emitirá uma mensagem de erro referente ao erro de sintaxe no /etc/apache2/apache2.confarquivo

Corrija isto.

Então faça

apachectl stop
/etc/init.d/apache2 start

Agora o recarregamento do apache2 funcionará

Faz

/etc/init.d/apache2 reload