WHM & Apache

**mr_fern** · March 14th, 2006, 10:55 PM

Does Cpanel start Apache differently than it normally starts without Cpanel?
The reason I ask this is because I've been getting this problem:

[crit] (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to port 80

I have another web server running on one of the ips for the server and have apache running on the rest.

The configuration is properly set up, because when I use apachectl to restart, it restarts with no problem. It only seems to happen when Cpanel is restarting Apache.

I had this problem when I first installed the server but (thought) I got it sorted out. Then yesterday and today the same problem happening again.

**fwwebs5** · March 15th, 2006, 1:03 AM

WHM uses /scripts/restartsrv_httpd*

I've not really looked at the code, but my guess is it's different than the standard httpd restart in the sbin. I would say that most likely, it's not able to shut down httpd, so you may want to do SSH httpd stop and a WHM restart.

**mr_fern** · March 15th, 2006, 1:08 AM

I should browse over that script.

When I first set things up I was having problems because I forgot the localhost ip for use with "Apache Status", and then I put :80 on all the virtual host entries, and everything seemed to be fine. Up until yesterday the Apache had an uptime of over 3 weeks. Then yesterday morning it failed and I saw that message in the error log again.

Thanks for the suggestion.

**mr_fern** · March 15th, 2006, 10:01 PM

Well I went over the file, but most of the functionality is encapsulated in functions defined elsewhere. But the file did help some. I was reminded that WHM starts the service with the "-DSSL" option.

The directive in Apache is written as
<IfDefine SSL>
Listen 80
Listen 443
</IfDefine>

So that was the problem. It was causing it to try to listen to Port 80 for all IPs, and one's already in use, causing the issue. When I was using apachectl I didn't have SSL defined, that's why it worked fine with apachectl and not WHM's restart.

I just have to change that Define, replace Listen 80 with Listen [ip]:80 for all the ips available to Apache.

March 14th, 2006, 10:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
mr_fern All Ur Base R Belong 2 Us Excelling Contributor Joined in Feb 2005 Lives in Vegas & New York 824 posts Gave thanks: 2 Thanked 6 times	WHM & Apache Does Cpanel start Apache differently than it normally starts without Cpanel? The reason I ask this is because I've been getting this problem: [crit] (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to port 80 I have another web server running on one of the ips for the server and have apache running on the rest. The configuration is properly set up, because when I use apachectl to restart, it restarts with no problem. It only seems to happen when Cpanel is restarting Apache. I had this problem when I first installed the server but (thought) I got it sorted out. Then yesterday and today the same problem happening again. __________________ Nobody doing nothing

March 15th, 2006, 1:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
fwwebs5 Surpass Fan On a golden path... Joined in Nov 2003 432 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	WHM uses /scripts/restartsrv_httpd* I've not really looked at the code, but my guess is it's different than the standard httpd restart in the sbin. I would say that most likely, it's not able to shut down httpd, so you may want to do SSH httpd stop and a WHM restart. __________________ Fw Web Solutions http://fwwebs.com

March 15th, 2006, 1:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
mr_fern All Ur Base R Belong 2 Us Excelling Contributor Joined in Feb 2005 Lives in Vegas & New York 824 posts Gave thanks: 2 Thanked 6 times	I should browse over that script. When I first set things up I was having problems because I forgot the localhost ip for use with "Apache Status", and then I put :80 on all the virtual host entries, and everything seemed to be fine. Up until yesterday the Apache had an uptime of over 3 weeks. Then yesterday morning it failed and I saw that message in the error log again. Thanks for the suggestion. __________________ Nobody doing nothing

March 15th, 2006, 10:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
mr_fern All Ur Base R Belong 2 Us Excelling Contributor Joined in Feb 2005 Lives in Vegas & New York 824 posts Gave thanks: 2 Thanked 6 times	Well I went over the file, but most of the functionality is encapsulated in functions defined elsewhere. But the file did help some. I was reminded that WHM starts the service with the "-DSSL" option. The directive in Apache is written as <IfDefine SSL> Listen 80 Listen 443 </IfDefine> So that was the problem. It was causing it to try to listen to Port 80 for all IPs, and one's already in use, causing the issue. When I was using apachectl I didn't have SSL defined, that's why it worked fine with apachectl and not WHM's restart. I just have to change that Define, replace Listen 80 with Listen [ip]:80 for all the ips available to Apache. __________________ Nobody doing nothing

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