HTTP server setup

[owup]

Good afternoon,

Has anyone had luck setting up the HTTP server?

I used the guide here: https://netbox.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation/5-http-server/

When I visit the URL, I am presented w/ the Apache2 Ubuntu Default Page. 

Also, it indicates the site is not secure. I used 

sudo openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 \

-keyout /etc/ssl/private/netbox.key \

-out /etc/ssl/certs/netbox.crt

to create a temporary self signed certificate.

I ran the following command (systemctl status apache2.service) to get the status of the apache server and got the following:

Oct 21 19:03:42 NETBOX.---.--- systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server...

Oct 21 19:03:42  NETBOX.---.---   apachectl[18557]: (98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80

Oct 21 19:03:42  NETBOX.---.---   apachectl[18557]: (98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80

Oct 21 19:03:42  NETBOX.---.---  a apachectl[18557]: no listening sockets available, shutting down

Oct 21 19:03:42  NETBOX.---.---  apachectl[18557]: AH00015: Unable to open logs

Oct 21 19:03:42  NETBOX.---.---   apachectl[18554]: Action 'start' failed.

Oct 21 19:03:42  NETBOX.---.---   apachectl[18554]: The Apache error log may have more information.

Oct 21 19:03:42  NETBOX.---.---   systemd[1]: apache2.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE

Oct 21 19:03:42  NETBOX.---.---   systemd[1]: apache2.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

Oct 21 19:03:42  NETBOX.---.---   systemd[1]: Failed to start The Apache HTTP Server.

NETBOX.---.--- is my URL.

Can someone help?

[Brian Candler]

On Thursday, 21 October 2021 at 20:11:42 UTC+1 owup wrote:

Has anyone had luck setting up the HTTP server?

Yes. Everybody else :-)

 

Oct 21 19:03:42  NETBOX.---.---   apachectl[18557]: (98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80

Oct 21 19:03:42  NETBOX.---.---   apachectl[18557]: (98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80

This is telling you that you are trying to start apache, when you already have some daemon listening on port 80.  Try these commands as root:

lsof -i :80

ss -natp | grep :80

netstat -natp | grep :80

 

to get a clue as to what the other application is.