On Sun, Aug 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM Paul <storm...@stormy.ca> wrote: > Need assistance please. Two servers, one production, one backup, near > identical hardware (8 core Intel CPUs, 64 Gib RAM) Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS > with security extension, Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu) running behind nginx > proxy (nginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu)), all apache2 conf, mod, sites and ports > files identical. No port conflict found using "# ss -tulpn" > > Production server perfect, but on backup server boot, apache2 fails to > start, then will start manually on command line and then runs perfectly, > as: > > ● apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server > Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; > vendor preset: enabled) > Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2025-08-31 22:46:13 > UTC; 51s ago > Docs: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/ > Process: 965 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/apachectl start (code=exited, > status=1/FAILURE) > > Aug 31 22:46:12 server systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server... > Aug 31 22:46:13 server apachectl[1002]: (99)Cannot assign requested > address: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 192.168.0.95:8442 > Aug 31 22:46:13 server apachectl[1002]: no listening sockets available, > shutting down > Aug 31 22:46:13 server apachectl[1002]: AH00015: Unable to open logs > Aug 31 22:46:13 server apachectl[965]: Action 'start' failed. > Aug 31 22:46:13 server apachectl[965]: The Apache error log may have > more information. > Aug 31 22:46:13 server systemd[1]: apache2.service: Control process > exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE > Aug 31 22:46:13 server systemd[1]: apache2.service: Failed with result > 'exit-code'. > Aug 31 22:46:13 server systemd[1]: Failed to start The Apache HTTP Server. > > paul@server:/$ sudo service apache2 start > > paul@server:/$ sudo systemctl status apache2 > ● apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server > Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; > vendor preset: enabled) > Active: active (running) since Sun 2025-08-31 22:47:48 UTC; 2s ago > > Logs have nothing relevant (a minor php warn note identical on both > "poduction" and "backup" servers.) > > I would truly appreciate thoughts, suggestions and help... > > Thanks and warmest regards, > Paul > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org
Either 192.168.0.95 <http://192.168.0.95:8442/> isn't a valid interface on your system, or you have more than one Listen directive for port 8442. Use grep with all your config files.
