SYSTEM INFORMATION OS type and version Debian Linux 12 Usermin version 2.400 Virtualmin version 7.40.1 Theme version 25.10 Apache version 2.4.65 Package updates All installed packages are up to date for my sins a new VM for a client An Apache install :frowning: - beginning to …

Ummm… Sounds like this? I’m surprised this fix isn’t pushed out yet. Kind of a big one. [image] Issue fresh install on ubuntu 24.04 Virtualmin That makes perfect sense. I wasn’t aware that the fix wasn’t released yet. Thank you!

yes it does, but now having looked in /etc/apache2/ports.conf no repeated ports. following a reboot after disabling all but one VS (should be easier to trace what is going wrong?) [apache] it looks like it starts but then apache2 still refuses to remain started. it is just a development serv…

wrong - that didn’t last :frowning: back to start [apache]

I have run into this a 2-3 days ago. That was my fix.

Like the out says, check the Apache error log for more info.

[image] Stegan: rather obviously nothing in access or error log. sure - that was the first place I looked but rather obviously if the webserver does not start nothing gets written there - which is why I looked at systemctl status apache2.service and journalctl -xeu apache2.service the apach…

What’s running on port 443 that is stopping apache from starting ? in your screen shot it shows that port 443 is being used by another service or you have too many listen statements in ports.conf, which should only contain Listen 80 Listen 443 also check that you haven’t added any listen statement…

yes ports.conf was checked and was set to just that following @ID10T 's post above (I removed the specific Listen xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 443 and Listen [ipv6] 443 [ports.conf] I also looked in the /etc/apache2/sites-available/domain.conf (must say it is full of the usual apache nonsense) but nothing I …

Doesn’t that show apache running and listening on 443? Sorry to keep editing this post.

Apache fail and will not start

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Ummm… Sounds like this? I’m surprised this fix isn’t pushed out yet. Kind of a big one.