Dan, The error pertains to port 4443, not 443. You have to remove the duplicate Listen directive for port 4443, and not 443.
On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 8:58 PM Dan Nessett <dness...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: > In case you are unfamiliar with the block comment approach using <IfDefine > IgnoreBlockComment>, I used the traditional # comment indication and got > the same result: > > dnessett@Mount:/etc/apache2$ cat ports.conf > # If you just change the port or add more ports here, you will likely also > # have to change the VirtualHost statement in > # /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf > > #Listen 80 > > <IfModule ssl_module> > Listen 4443 > </IfModule> > > #<IfModule mod_gnutls.c> > # Listen 443 > #</IfModule> > > # vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet > dnessett@Mount:/etc/apache2$ sudo systemctl restart apache2 > Job for apache2.service failed because the control process exited with > error code. > See "systemctl status apache2.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. > dnessett@Mount:/etc/apache2$ sudo systemctl status apache2 > ● apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server > Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled-runtime; > vendor preset: enabled) > Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/apache2.service.d > └─apache2-systemd.conf > Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2022-12-15 18:52:14 MST; > 1min 7s ago > Process: 1823 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/apachectl start (code=exited, > status=1/FAILURE) > > Dec 15 18:52:14 Mount systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server... > Dec 15 18:52:14 Mount apachectl[1823]: (98)Address already in use: > AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 127.0.0.1:4443 > Dec 15 18:52:14 Mount apachectl[1823]: no listening sockets available, > shutting down > Dec 15 18:52:14 Mount apachectl[1823]: AH00015: Unable to open logs > Dec 15 18:52:14 Mount apachectl[1823]: Action 'start' failed. > Dec 15 18:52:14 Mount apachectl[1823]: The Apache error log may have more > information. > Dec 15 18:52:14 Mount systemd[1]: apache2.service: Control process exited, > code=exited status=1 > Dec 15 18:52:14 Mount systemd[1]: apache2.service: Failed with result > 'exit-code'. > Dec 15 18:52:14 Mount systemd[1]: Failed to start The Apache HTTP Server. > dnessett@Mount:/etc/apache2$ > > On Dec 15, 2022, at 6:40 PM, Frank Gingras <thu...@apache.org> wrote: > > So you clearly had two listen directives for the same port; remove one. > > On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 8:30 PM Dan Nessett <dness...@yahoo.com.invalid> > wrote: > >> Thanks. My understanding is "systemctl restart apache2” waits the >> appropriate amount of time between the stop and start. >> >> Dan >> >> On Dec 15, 2022, at 5:44 PM, John Iliffe <john.ili...@iliffe.ca> wrote: >> >> Try >> >> systenctl httpd stop, >> >> then when ps -ef | grep httpd shows that httpd is gone >> >> systemctl httpd start >> >> to give the system time to release all the resources. >> >> John >> ====== >> On Thu, 2022-12-15 at 17:28 -0700, Dan Nessett wrote: >> >> Thanks for the info. However, I don’t believe any of the problems >> suggested in >> the wiki apply. >> >> 1. The output from both lsof and netstat -plant indicate no other process >> is >> using port 4443 either before or after apache2 is started >> >> 2. There does not seem to be conflicting Listen commands in the apache >> sites- >> available files. >> >> 3. The Listen in 000-default.conf is: Listen localhost:4443 ssl; and the >> Virtual Host entry is: <VirtualHost localhost:4443> ServerName >> coop.mountolive.com:4443 … localhost and coop.mountolive.com are both >> valid >> values as is port 4443. >> >> 4. I believe systemctl status apache2.service starts apache2 as root >> >> 5. SELinux is not active, i.e., >> >> semanage port -l|grep http >> Command 'semanage' not found, but can be installed with: >> sudo apt install policycoreutils-python-utils >> >> I have attached output from the terminal commands that tests these >> hypotheses >> to this message, as it is fairly long and including it in the body of the >> message might make it hard to analyze. >> >> By the way, the apache2 version is: Server version: Apache/2.4.29 (Ubuntu) >> Server built: 2022-06-23T12:51:37 >> >> On Dec 15, 2022, at 4:12 PM, Frank Gingras <thu...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> Consider our wiki article for this: >> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/HTTPD/CouldNotBindToAddress >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org >> >> >> >