For the record, "network-online.target" does not block indefinitely on a system that has no NICs, if that's what you were implying by breakage.
I spun up a pristine Ubuntu 18.04 instance in VMWare configured apache as described above, and then shutdown the machine. I then removed the only NIC attached to the VM and booted it back up, and it booted as normal as you'd expect. >From where I stand, I see no reason why not to adopt this configuration. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1786675 Title: Apache will not start on boot if bound to a fixed IP address To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+bug/1786675/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs