Problem restarting Apache

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#1 Wed, 11/16/2011 - 17:15
UWF

Problem restarting Apache

I'm having problems trying to get a script to work which uses FFMPEG and cURL and after installing FFMPEG I'm getting Starting web server: apache2(98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80 (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80 no listening sockets available, shutting down Unable to open logs Action 'start' failed. The Apache error log may have more information. failed!

When I try to restart Apache. Any ideas? I'm also getting cURL errors in the script :/.

Edit: I completely uninstalled both ffmpeg and curl and the error is still coming up. I think it has to do with me recently adding a site using a dedicated IP.

Thu, 11/17/2011 - 05:06
primoco

Search this line in your httpd.conf or apache2.conf NameVirtualHost *:80 and comment it then restart apache.

Thu, 11/17/2011 - 08:19
UWF

Where should I find the httpd.conf? I found one in /etc/apache2/ but it was completely blank.

Thu, 11/17/2011 - 09:17
andreychek

The error you're getting suggests that an Apache process isn't completely shutting down during the Apache restart.

I don't think it's related to curl or ffmpeg, and it's also unlikely to be related to moving to a new IP. My guess is that some application or Apache module is causing the issue.

To get around that issue you're seeing, you can kill the Apache process manually. You can do that with this command:

killall apache2

And then start Apache again:

/etc/init.d/apache2 start

Thu, 11/17/2011 - 13:55
UWF

I've been having this issue even after rebooting the system and trying a restart. Should I have to kill everything every time I have to restart Apache? Also along with FFMPEG and cURL I installed their php5 packages as well.

Thu, 11/17/2011 - 14:05
andreychek

Howdy,

It sounded like you're using Debian/Ubuntu there... if that's true, what does this command output:

ls /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/

Thu, 11/17/2011 - 14:14
UWF

Yes I am using Debian, that command gives:

root@srv:~# ls /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/
actions.conf          cgi.load      mime.conf            reqtimeout.conf
actions.load          dav_fs.conf   mime.load            reqtimeout.load
alias.conf            dav_fs.load   negotiation.conf     rewrite.load
alias.load            dav.load      negotiation.load     ruby.load
auth_basic.load       dav_svn.conf  php5.conf            setenvif.conf
auth_digest.load      dav_svn.load  php5.load            setenvif.load
authn_file.load       deflate.conf  proxy_balancer.conf  ssl.conf
authz_default.load    deflate.load  proxy_balancer.load  ssl.load
authz_groupfile.load  dir.conf      proxy.conf           status.conf
authz_host.load       dir.load      proxy_connect.load   status.load
authz_user.load       env.load      proxy_http.load      suexec.load
autoindex.conf        fcgid.conf    proxy.load
autoindex.load        fcgid.load    python.load
root@srv:~#

Also the killall command did not work, Apache still could not restart and gave the same error.

Thu, 11/17/2011 - 14:30
UWF

This is in my Apache2.conf: NameVirtualHost 63.141.248.146:80 NameVirtualHost 63.141.248.146:443 NameVirtualHost 63.141.248.148:80 NameVirtualHost 63.141.248.150:80

Should I try commenting it out like that guy above said? Another problem I'm having is sometimes when I reboot my virtual networks just stop working (site doesn't load, IP won't ping) and I have to readd them all just to get it to work. Maybe this is related?

Edit: It seems to work when I do service apache2 stop then service apache2 start :/. Still looking for a solution for the IPs not coming up too.

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