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gpaolo
Jan 30, 2021Luminary
Connection refused to administration page
 Hello,  I have a problem... I have updated my NAS from 6.10.3 to 6.10.4 and since the update, the administration page doesn't work and I get ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED. I have tried two computers and thr...
gpaolo
Jan 30, 2021Luminary
Yes, it looks like that Apache is indeed not running. What could I try?
- gpaoloJan 30, 2021Luminary
hmm it looks like that adding the image in the post is not working properly... here it is as attachment
- gpaoloJan 31, 2021Luminary
Some further information. This is the log retrieved with journalctl -xe from the boot:
Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP apachectl[4743]: [Sat Jan 30 23:23:40.419530 2021] [so:warn] [pid 4747] AH01574: module cgi_module is already loaded, skipping Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP apachectl[4743]: AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the ser ver's fully qualified domain name, using ::1. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to suppress th is message Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP apachectl[4743]: (98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:443 Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP apachectl[4743]: (98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:443 Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP apachectl[4743]: no listening sockets available, shutting down Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP apachectl[4743]: AH00015: Unable to open logs Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP apachectl[4743]: Action 'start' failed. Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP apachectl[4743]: The Apache error log may have more information. Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: apache2.service: Control process exited, code=exite d status=1 Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: Failed to start The Apache HTTP Server. -- Subject: Unit apache2.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit apache2.service has failed. -- -- The result is failed. Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: apache2.service: Unit entered failed state. Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: apache2.service: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies. Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: systemd-journald-audit.socket: Cannot add dependenc y job, ignoring: Cannot send after transport endpoint shutdown Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: apache2.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server (Safe Mode)... -- Subject: Unit apache2-safe.service has begun start-up -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit apache2-safe.service has begun starting up. Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: Starting ReadyNAS System Daemon... -- Subject: Unit readynasd.service has begun start-up -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit readynasd.service has begun starting up. Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: Starting Service for ddclient... -- Subject: Unit fvapp-ddclientr6.service has begun start-up -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit fvapp-ddclientr6.service has begun starting up. Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: Starting Service for vpnserver... -- Subject: Unit fvapp-vpnserver.service has begun start-up -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit fvapp-vpnserver.service has begun starting up. Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP apache2[4752]: AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the serve r's fully qualified domain name, using ::1. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to suppress this message Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP apache2[4752]: (98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could no t bind to address [::]:443 Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP apache2[4752]: (98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could no t bind to address 0.0.0.0:443 Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP apache2[4752]: no listening sockets available, shutting down Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP apache2[4752]: AH00015: Unable to open logs Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: apache2-safe.service: Control process exited, code= exited status=1 Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: Failed to start The Apache HTTP Server (Safe Mode). -- Subject: Unit apache2-safe.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit apache2-safe.service has failed. -- -- The result is failed. Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: apache2-safe.service: Unit entered failed state. Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: apache2-safe.service: Failed with result 'exit-code '. Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP vpnserver[4759]: The SoftEther VPN Server service has been started. Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: Started Service for vpnserver. -- Subject: Unit fvapp-vpnserver.service has finished start-up -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit fvapp-vpnserver.service has finished starting up. -- -- The start-up result is done. Jan 30 23:23:40 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: Started Service for ddclient. -- Subject: Unit fvapp-ddclientr6.service has finished start-up -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit fvapp-ddclientr6.service has finished starting up. -- -- The start-up result is done. Jan 30 23:23:41 NAS4-CASA-GP readynasd[4754]: readynasd log started Jan 30 23:23:41 NAS4-CASA-GP ddclient[4780]: WARNING: cannot connect to checkip.dyndns.com: 80 socket: IO::Socket::INET: Bad hostname 'checkip.dyndns.com'
while this is from an attempt to restart the service done manually:
Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server... -- Subject: Unit apache2.service has begun start-up -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit apache2.service has begun starting up. Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: Reloading. Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: nut-monitor.service: Supervising process 5019 which is not our child. We'll most likely not notice when it exits. Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP apachectl[8337]: [Sat Jan 30 23:49:11.285913 2021] [so:warn] [pid 8341] AH01574: module cgi_module is already loaded, skipping Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP apachectl[8337]: AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the ser ver's fully qualified domain name, using fe80::eafc:afff:fee7:5bc5. Set the 'ServerName' directive g lobally to suppress this message Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP apachectl[8337]: (98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:443 Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP apachectl[8337]: (98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:443 Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP apachectl[8337]: no listening sockets available, shutting down Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP apachectl[8337]: AH00015: Unable to open logs Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP apachectl[8337]: Action 'start' failed. Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP apachectl[8337]: The Apache error log may have more information. Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: apache2.service: Control process exited, code=exite d status=1 Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: Failed to start The Apache HTTP Server. -- Subject: Unit apache2.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit apache2.service has failed. -- -- The result is failed. Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: apache2.service: Unit entered failed state. Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: apache2.service: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies. Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: systemd-journald-audit.socket: Cannot add dependenc y job, ignoring: Cannot send after transport endpoint shutdown Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: apache2.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server (Safe Mode)... -- Subject: Unit apache2-safe.service has begun start-up -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit apache2-safe.service has begun starting up. Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP apache2[8344]: AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the serve r's fully qualified domain name, using fe80::eafc:afff:fee7:5bc5. Set the 'ServerName' directive glo bally to suppress this message Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP apache2[8344]: (98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could no t bind to address [::]:443 Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP apache2[8344]: (98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could no t bind to address 0.0.0.0:443 Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP apache2[8344]: no listening sockets available, shutting down Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP apache2[8344]: AH00015: Unable to open logs Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: apache2-safe.service: Control process exited, code= exited status=1 Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: Failed to start The Apache HTTP Server (Safe Mode). -- Subject: Unit apache2-safe.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit apache2-safe.service has failed. -- -- The result is failed. Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: apache2-safe.service: Unit entered failed state. Jan 30 23:49:11 NAS4-CASA-GP systemd[1]: apache2-safe.service: Failed with result 'exit-code '.
- StephenBJan 31, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Maybe enter
# netstat -plan | grep :443
and see if something else is already listening on the port.
 
 
 
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