Apache cookbook fail to start

Question

I have followed the steps from Opscode Youtube video to create apache cookbook.

~/chef-repo/cookbooks/apache/recipes/default.rb

package "apache2" do  
 action :install 
end

service "apache2" do  
  action [:enable, :start] 
end

cookbook_file "/var/www/index.html" do  
  source "index.html"   
  mode "0644" 
end

but chef-client failed.

Running handlers: [2014-10-31T10:58:27+08:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers Running handlers complete [2014-10-31T10:58:27+08:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete [2014-10-31T10:58:27+08:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /var/chef/cache/chef-sta cktrace.out Chef Client failed. 0 resources updated in 1.137832751 seconds [2014-10-31T10:58:27+08:00] ERROR: service[apache2] (apache::default line 14) ha d an error: Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed: Expected process to exit with [0], but received '1' ---- Begin output of /etc/init.d/apache2 start ---- STDOUT: * Starting web server apache2 Action 'start' failed. The Apache error log may have more information. ...fail! STDERR: (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0 :80 no listening sockets available, shutting down Unable to open logs ---- End output of /etc/init.d/apache2 start ---- Ran /etc/init.d/apache2 start returned 1 [2014-10-31T10:58:27+08:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError: Chef ru n process exited unsuccessfully (exit code 1)

Not sure which OS you are using but if its rhel based this could be it? github.com/svanzoest-cookbooks/apache2/issues/342 — Tim Hunter

coderanger coderanger · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-31T04:19:28

Something else is already listening on port 80 (Address already in use). You can use the command sudo netstat -ltnp to check what it is.

Apache cookbook fail to start

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