On Sun, Aug 31, 2025 at 8:09 PM Frank Gingras <thu...@apache.org> wrote:
> > > 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. > See https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/httpd/CouldNotBindToAddress
