diff --git a/roles/mdapi/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mdapi/tasks/main.yml
index 2b0fd25341..c4d181883e 100644
--- a/roles/mdapi/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mdapi/tasks/main.yml
@@ -28,3 +28,16 @@
   - mdapi
   - config
 
+- name: stop apache service
+  service: name=httpd enabled=no state=stopped
+  ignore_errors: true
+  tags:
+  - mdapi
+  - service
+
+- name: start the mdapi service
+  service: name=mdapi enabled=yes state=started
+  ignore_errors: true
+  tags:
+  - mdapi
+  - service