Solved: Apache won't start: no listening sockets available

[Peter_w]

I have a weird problem.

I have apache 2.2.14 installed and it worked fine.
I did a restart of the server and it doesn't want to start!

I get the following error message:

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apache2 -k start
apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName
no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to open logs

I checked apache is not running;
I did even a "zap"

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/etc/init.d/apache2 zap

And why can't it open the logs?
The user and groups are both apache.

Any help please.

[chris]

Sounds like the Listing ports aren't set.

Check in /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
for the line:

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Listen 80

(Can be any other port, that isn't used by another service.)

[mister_v]

I added the line:

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Listen 80

And the server starts without error:

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apache2 -k start

But when I try accessing my site I get:

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403 Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server.
Apache Server at localhost Port 80

In my error log I get:
tail /var/log/apache2/error_log

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 [error] [client 127.0.0.1] client denied by server configuration: /usr/htdocs

I never use /usr/htdocs anywhere in my config-files.

[chris]

I had this problem once.

Apparently, /usr/htdocs is a default directory build in apache.
that is way you can't find it in the config files.

Your are probably using virtual host, but haven't included it your command to launch apache.
It should look something like this:

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apache2 -D DEFAULT_VHOST -D PHP5 -k start

if you have several virtual hosts:

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apache2 -D DEFAULT_VHOST -D VIRTUALHOST2 -D PHP5 -k start

The name of the virtual host is the name you give as

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<IfDefine DEFAULT_VHOST>

in the file of your virtual host:

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/etc/apache2/vhosts.d/00_default_vhost.conf

Usually the Listen -line is also written in the virtual host-file. so it is not needed in httpd.conf .

You can write the arguments in:
/etc/conf.d/apache2

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APACHE2_OPTS="-D DEFAULT_VHOST -D PHP5"

Then you should be able to launch everything with the following command:

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/etc/init.d/apache2 start

hopes this helps.

[mister_v]

Starting with the arguments makes it work:

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apache2 -D DEFAULT_VHOST -D PHP5 -k start

Thanks,