Ubuntu - apache is not working

Ubuntu - apache is not working

אורי uri at speedy.net
Thu Jun 11 09:57:37 IDT 2020


How do I use journalctl?
אורי
uri at speedy.net


On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 9:56 AM Shay Gover <govershay at gmail.com> wrote:

> Anything related in journalctl?
>
> ‪On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 9:52 AM ‫אורי‬‎ <uri at speedy.net> wrote:‬
>
>> # cat /var/log/apache2/error.log
>> [Thu Jun 11 06:25:05.426924 2020] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 1154]
>> AH00163: Apache/2.4.29 (Ubuntu) OpenSSL/1.1.1g configured -- resuming
>> normal operations
>> [Thu Jun 11 06:25:05.427080 2020] [core:notice] [pid 1154] AH00094:
>> Command line: '/usr/sbin/apache2'
>> [Thu Jun 11 06:27:29.459759 2020] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 1154]
>> AH00169: caught SIGTERM, shutting down
>> [Thu Jun 11 06:27:34.334311 2020] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 1250]
>> AH00163: Apache/2.4.29 (Ubuntu) OpenSSL/1.1.1g configured -- resuming
>> normal operations
>> [Thu Jun 11 06:27:34.334390 2020] [core:notice] [pid 1250] AH00094:
>> Command line: '/usr/sbin/apache2'
>> [Thu Jun 11 08:42:54.263194 2020] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 1250]
>> AH00169: caught SIGTERM, shutting down
>>
>> access logs - when apache worked, nothing unusual.
>>
>> (I think caught SIGTERM, shutting down is due to reboot)
>>
>> אורי
>> uri at speedy.net
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 9:49 AM Shay Gover <govershay at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> What do u have in apache logs?
>>>
>>> ‪On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 9:47 AM ‫אורי‬‎ <uri at speedy.net> wrote:‬
>>>
>>>> # systemctl status apache2.service
>>>> ● apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
>>>>    Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; vendor
>>>> preset: enabled)
>>>>   Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/apache2.service.d
>>>>            └─apache2-systemd.conf
>>>>    Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Thu 2020-06-11 08:44:35 CEST;
>>>> 2min 1s ago
>>>>   Process: 577 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/apachectl start (code=killed,
>>>> signal=TERM)
>>>>
>>>> Jun 11 08:43:03 www.speedypedia.info systemd[1]: Starting The Apache
>>>> HTTP Server...
>>>> Jun 11 08:44:35 www.speedypedia.info systemd[1]: apache2.service:
>>>> Start operation timed out. Terminating.
>>>> Jun 11 08:44:35 www.speedypedia.info systemd[1]: apache2.service:
>>>> Failed with result 'timeout'.
>>>> Jun 11 08:44:35 www.speedypedia.info systemd[1]: Failed to start The
>>>> Apache HTTP Server.
>>>> אורי
>>>> uri at speedy.net
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 9:38 AM Efraim Flashner <efraim at flashner.co.il>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Not sure why apache is only starting some time after you reboot. What
>>>>> does the output of 'systemctl status apache2.service' look like?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 07:31:31AM +0300, אורי wrote:
>>>>> > Hi,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I estimate it's about 15 to 20 minutes after reboot that I can start
>>>>> apache
>>>>> > successfully. Otherwise, I can't start apache.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > אורי
>>>>> > uri at speedy.net
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 7:23 AM Eli Marmor <eli at netmask.it> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > > Please run:
>>>>> > > apachectl start
>>>>> > > from the command line, and copy the response to this list.
>>>>> > > If there is no error, please copy the relevant lines from the
>>>>> error.log of
>>>>> > > apache2.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 7:12 AM אורי <uri at speedy.net> wrote:
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >> Hi,
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> Running the command "sudo apachectl configtest" returns "Syntax
>>>>> OK".
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> Running "sudo systemctl restart apache2" doesn't respond. But a
>>>>> few
>>>>> > >> minutes ago it worked and the website worked. I rebooted again
>>>>> and now
>>>>> > >> again it's not working. The problem is that apache doesn't
>>>>> restart after
>>>>> > >> rebooting.
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> אורי
>>>>> > >> uri at speedy.net
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> ‪On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 6:29 AM ‫אורי‬‎ <uri at speedy.net> wrote:‬
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >>> Hi,
>>>>> > >>>
>>>>> > >>> Thanks for your suggestion, I decided to upgrade to 18.04.4 and
>>>>> I ran a
>>>>> > >>> few times the following commands (from root):
>>>>> > >>>
>>>>> > >>> sudo apt autoremove
>>>>> > >>> sudo apt-get update
>>>>> > >>> sudo apt-get upgrade
>>>>> > >>> sudo apt update
>>>>> > >>> sudo apt upgrade
>>>>> > >>>
>>>>> > >>> I have 4 servers and I upgraded all of them and 3 of them are
>>>>> working
>>>>> > >>> properly, however one server apache is not working, I can't
>>>>> restart apache
>>>>> > >>> (with "sudo systemctl restart apache2" - it's not responding)
>>>>> and the
>>>>> > >>> website is not working. How can I fix it now?
>>>>> > >>>
>>>>> > >>> The server didn't respond after reboot once (after 2 reboots)
>>>>> and I had
>>>>> > >>> to shut it down and restart it again.
>>>>> > >>>
>>>>> > >>> Thanks,
>>>>> > >>> Uri
>>>>> > >>> אורי
>>>>> > >>> uri at speedy.net
>>>>> > >>>
>>>>> > >>>
>>>>> > >>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 10:29 PM Micha Bailey <
>>>>> michabailey at gmail.com>
>>>>> > >>> wrote:
>>>>> > >>>
>>>>> > >>>> Regarding the upgrade to Focal (20.04): There’s no reason to
>>>>> rush.
>>>>> > >>>> Bionic (18.04) is supported, if I’m not mistaken, until 2023.
>>>>> In fact,
>>>>> > >>>> Bionic (LTS) users aren’t even offered the upgrade (i.e. you
>>>>> need to go out
>>>>> > >>>> of your way to get it) until 20.04.1 is out in a few months.
>>>>> > >>>>
>>>>> > >>>> Regarding the upgrade to 18.04.4, I could be mistaken, but my
>>>>> > >>>> understanding is that point releases aren’t new versions of
>>>>> Ubuntu per se.
>>>>> > >>>> At point releases, new isos are spun with up-to-date packages,
>>>>> but it’s
>>>>> > >>>> still the same version. Assuming you make a habit of installing
>>>>> updates
>>>>> > >>>> regularly (which you obviously should be), you will effectively
>>>>> > >>>> automatically be on 18.04.4.
>>>>> > >>>>
>>>>> > >>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 6:44 PM אורי <uri at speedy.net> wrote:
>>>>> > >>>>
>>>>> > >>>>> Hi,
>>>>> > >>>>>
>>>>> > >>>>> Actually I have a staging server which I can upgrade first to
>>>>> 18.04.4
>>>>> > >>>>> to see if it works, or if something breaks. But I didn't find
>>>>> it on Google
>>>>> > >>>>> - how do I upgrade an OS to Ubuntu 18.04.4 (from 18.04.*)
>>>>> without upgrading
>>>>> > >>>>> it to 20.04?
>>>>> > >>>>>
>>>>> > >>>>> אורי
>>>>> > >>>>> uri at speedy.net
>>>>> > >>>>>
>>>>> > >>>>>
>>>>> > >>>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 6:19 PM Shlomi Fish <shlomif at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> > >>>>>
>>>>> > >>>>>> Hi Uri!
>>>>> > >>>>>>
>>>>> > >>>>>> ‪On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 5:30 PM ‫אורי‬‎ <uri at speedy.net>
>>>>> wrote:‬
>>>>> > >>>>>>
>>>>> > >>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> > >>>>>>>
>>>>> > >>>>>>> I'm sorry for posting twice in the same day to the same
>>>>> mailing
>>>>> > >>>>>>> list. But I have a question: I'm using Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS
>>>>> for a few
>>>>> > >>>>>>> production servers (one of them I upgraded a few months ago
>>>>> from 14.04).
>>>>> > >>>>>>> How important it is to upgrade the OS version, or can I keep
>>>>> it like this?
>>>>> > >>>>>>> I'm afraid that things will break up if I upgrade. And if I
>>>>> upgrade, should
>>>>> > >>>>>>> I upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04.4 or 20.04? I think since 20.04
>>>>> has been recently
>>>>> > >>>>>>> released, it might have bugs which will be fixed later, and
>>>>> I prefer not to
>>>>> > >>>>>>> use the first version of 20.04 but to wait about one year
>>>>> before I use it.
>>>>> > >>>>>>> Is there a risk with keeping using 18.04.3? Or should I
>>>>> upgrade at least to
>>>>> > >>>>>>> 18.04.4?
>>>>> > >>>>>>>
>>>>> > >>>>>>>
>>>>> > >>>>>> I've answered the general question here:
>>>>> > >>>>>>
>>>>> > >>>>>>
>>>>> > >>>>>>
>>>>> https://github.com/shlomif/Freenode-programming-channel-FAQ/blob/master/FAQ_with_ToC__generated.md#will-a-change-i-would-like-to-do-break-some-functionality
>>>>> > >>>>>>
>>>>> > >>>>>> Quoting it:
>>>>> > >>>>>>
>>>>> > >>>>>> Will a change I would like to do break some functionality?
>>>>> > >>>>>>
>>>>> > >>>>>> As the aphorism
>>>>> > >>>>>> <
>>>>> https://github.com/shlomif/shlomif-email-signature/blob/master/shlomif-sig-quotes.txt#L1988
>>>>> >
>>>>> > >>>>>> goes: The difference between theory and practice is that in
>>>>> theory,
>>>>> > >>>>>> there is no difference between theory and practice, while in
>>>>> practice,
>>>>> > >>>>>> there is.. There is usually a risk, however small, that a
>>>>> change
>>>>> > >>>>>> will break some functionality. With good tooling (such as
>>>>> > >>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Version_control ,
>>>>> > >>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine and
>>>>> > >>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS-level_virtualisation ) it
>>>>> should be
>>>>> > >>>>>> relatively easy to revert a change which introduced
>>>>> regressions, and you
>>>>> > >>>>>> should do adequate testing.
>>>>> > >>>>>>
>>>>> > >>>>>> A change may have to be avoided due to being estimated as too
>>>>> time or
>>>>> > >>>>>> money consuming, or as having too little gain. However,
>>>>> promising changes
>>>>> > >>>>>> should be attempted because:
>>>>> > >>>>>>
>>>>> > >>>>>>    1. "No guts - no glory."
>>>>> > >>>>>>    2. What does "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" really mean?
>>>>> > >>>>>>    <
>>>>> https://szabgab.com/what-does--if-it-aint-broke-dont-fix-it--really-mean.html
>>>>> >
>>>>> > >>>>>>    3. If you never change anything, your project won't
>>>>> progress.
>>>>> > >>>>>>
>>>>> > >>>>>> ----------
>>>>> > >>>>>> While you may break some functionality by updating to
>>>>> 18.04.04 , you
>>>>> > >>>>>> also risk being affected by known security vulnerabilities
>>>>> (which may also
>>>>> > >>>>>> break functionality sooner or later). There is a concept of
>>>>> > >>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_debt .
>>>>> > >>>>>>
>>>>> > >>>>>> Regarding updating to 20.04, it is likely more time consuming
>>>>> and may
>>>>> > >>>>>> have more breaking changes, and you may not need all the
>>>>> newest and
>>>>> > >>>>>> shiniest software versions there, and you may wish to only
>>>>> update to ubuntu
>>>>> > >>>>>> 22.04/etc. I didn't hear of too many horror stories of ubuntu
>>>>> 20.04 being
>>>>> > >>>>>> unusable or unstable, but I'm quite out of the loop.
>>>>> > >>>>>>
>>>>> > >>>>>> Good luck!
>>>>> > >>>>>>
>>>>> > >>>>>>
>>>>> > >>>>>>
>>>>> > >>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> > >>>>>>> Uri.
>>>>> > >>>>>>> אורי
>>>>> > >>>>>>> uri at speedy.net
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