I have done a fresh installation of wamp server, checked all distributable dependencies, killed skype, ran as Administrator...
It fails to start Apache...
In event log it fails with following 4 messages:
The Apache service named reported the following error:
AH00015: Unable to open logs .
The Apache service named reported the following error:
AH00451: no listening sockets available, shutting down .
The Apache service named reported the following error:
(OS 10013)An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions. : AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80 .
The Apache service named reported the following error:
(OS 10013)An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions. : AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80
So port 80 is taken, and whatever is using it has to be killed...
Here's the twist, it is used by NT Kernel and System which the way I read this is Windows core. Now obviously I can't just kill windows and begone with it...
I am not sure how to debug this further... How to figure out which system service (or whatever) I need to disable to free up the port 80 when it is marked as used by NT Kernel and System?
Figured out by myself by running cmd as admin and using netstat -bano
My mistake was that I had disabled IIS and Skype so I thought I was safe, turns out it was SQL Server Reporting Services (MSSQLSERVER) that had to be also killed.
After this wamp turned green.
I have on my laptop installed XAMPP. It was running for years… (v3.1.x, not the latest version) No problem at all.
Suddenly saterday evening I try to start the appache server by xampp control panel and I get the next error:
19:33:25 [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
19:33:25 [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
19:33:25 [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method
19:33:25 [Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
19:33:25 [Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
19:33:25 [Apache] If you need more help, copy and post this
19:33:25 [Apache] entire log window on the forums
I have been googling and searching.
I have Skype already disabled port 80/443 at the time I have
installed Skype
I have changed httpd.conf; Listen 8080 in stead of 80; Listen 4433 in stead of 443
I have also been searching who is using port 80 by Netstat xampp panel. I do not see any PID process with porth 80
I have activate “show debub information”, but I don’t see information of an error.
There is nothing written in the error.log. When it happen it was 5-12-2015 and I the last lines in the error logs are from
3-12-2015.
I have downloaded the latest XAMPP version (zip), unzipped first put it in a different directory. Same error
I have tried to look in the windows event viewer but I couldn't find anything or I'm not looking in the good log item in windows
I have done all these command with the cmd:
net stop http
netstat –abno
netstat -abno | find ":80"
netstat -abno | find ":443"
netstat -a –b
netstat –ano
Not a result that port 80 is used. So it seems to me that it is NOT a port issue.
It is on window 7 system, bitdefender total security 2015, wich is already installed in july of this year.
I download always the XAMPP zip version and start xampp always by the control panel not as a service.
Has anybody an idea what has happen or what could be happen?
I have also read these links
XAMPP, Apache - Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/788348/how-do-i-free-my-port-80-on-localhost-windows
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14245474/apache-wont-run-in-xampp
I just install XAMPP on my mac and I'm unable to Run Apache Web server. It does not let me since I'm already running a different server. How can I stop the current one or how can I use a different port.
That's because you aren't in the correct file.Try
/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/etc/httpd.conf
instead of
/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/apache2/conf/httpd.conf
Find and open httpd.conf in XAMPP apache configuration directory, find the line that says Listen 80, change that to port you wish e.g: 8000 so that line becomes Listen 8000. Then save the file and restart apache from xampp
To access type http://localhost:8000 on your browser address bar, and open
Just got XAMPP 1.8.1 installed on my Windows 8 PC, this version includes packages mentioned below:
Apache 2.4.3
MySQL 5.5.27
PHP 5.4.7
phpMyAdmin 3.5.2.2
FileZilla FTP Server 0.9.41
Tomcat 7.0.30 (with mod_proxy_ajp as connector)
Strawberry Perl 5.16.1.1 Portable
XAMPP Control Panel 3.1.0 (from hackattack142)
When I launched and tried to start Apache, it gave following error:
12:04:41 PM [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app...
12:04:41 PM [Apache] Status change detected: running
12:04:42 PM [Apache] Status change detected: stopped
12:04:42 PM [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
12:04:42 PM [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
12:04:42 PM [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
12:04:42 PM [Apache] Check the "/xampp/apache/logs/error.log" file
12:04:42 PM [Apache] and the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
After that I checked error.log, it was empty so no help from there.
So here is the solution for this:
I check port 80 used by Skype, after that I changes port to 81 and also along with that somewhere i read this error may be because of SSL Port then I changed SSL port to 444. However this got resolved easily.
One most important thing to notice here, all the port changes should be done inside config files, for http port change: httpd.conf for SSL httpd-ssl.conf. Otherwise changes will not replicate to Apache, Sometime PC reboot is also required.
Edit: Make Apache use port 80 and make Skype communicate on other Port
For those who are struggling with Skype, want to change its port and to make Apache to use port 80.
No need to Re-Install, Here is simply how to change Skype Port
Goto: Tools > Options > Advanced > Connection
There you need to uncheck Use port 80 and 443 as alternative for incoming connections.
That's it, here is screen shot of it.
I had the exact same error.
It was because i didn't run setup_xampp.bat
This is a better solution than going through config files and changing ports.
This problem may occur due to apache not getting required port (default is 80).
The port may be being used by other services.
For example: Skype also has default port 80.
Installing Skype and Apache both on same machine will cause conflict and hence Apache will not start.
Either, you change Skype port or change Apache port as described in following steps:
Change the ports of Apache and it will work for you.
Go to httpd.conf
How to change port for Apache:
Search for:
ServerName localhost:80
Change it to:
ServerName localhost:81
Also Search For:
Listen 80
Change it to:
Listen 81
If you have created any virtual hosts, change the ports there also.
Then restart your apache.
I had the same problem, but I understand the VMware service is the problem. VMware host service and Apache service conflict together.
To Solve it »
Run your task manager » in services tab find VMwareHostd » then right click and stop it » every thing have been solved.
Enter services.msc and shutdown anything SQL you have running.
The SQL server might be taking over the port.
I had the same problem and error, I tried changing the ports for http port from 80 to 81 and ssl port from 443 to 444 but still received the same error so I reverted the ports to default and ran setup_xampp.bat which solve the problem in seconds.
Skype is usually the culprit because it uses port 80 by default. Just close it or uncheck "Use port 80 and 443 as alternatives for incoming connections" under tools > options... > advanced > connection and then restart Skype.
I had to manually edit the 2 text files (httpd.conf and httpd-ssl.conf) using the Config button for Apache to run and change in notepad from 80 > 81 and 443 > 444
Using the Xampp UI config manager doesn't save the changes into Apache.
change 80 to 81 and 443 to 444 by clicking config button and editing httpd.conf and httpd-ssl.congf. Now you can Access XAMPP from 127.0.0.1:81
An error in your httpd.conf or other Apache config files will cause this. Revert httpd.conf et al to the pristine, installer versions and see if Apache runs again.
(I tried Skype and other suggestions here, no luck, but logs [XAMPP > Apache > Logs button] showed that it ran once when first installed. That was the giveaway.)
Likely errors:
Did you edit with a Windows text editor that changes line endings to non-Unix? (Solution here.)
Missing or invalid DSO files (.so)
I had this problem and then I ran "apache_start.bat" the error in german told me there was a problem with line 51 in httpd-ssl.conf which is
SSLCipherSuite HIGH:MEDIUM:!aNULL:!MD5
What I did was comment lines 163 (ssl module) and 522 (httpd-ssl.conf include) in httpd.conf;
I don't need ssl for development, so that solved it for me.
I recently installed Apache 2.4.1 on my mac(10.7) and executed "httpd". I received these two error messages when websharing was turned off in system preferences:
//(1)-In the console//
httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 192.168.1.65 for ServerName
(48)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80
(48)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
//(2)-In the browser//
Not Found
The requested URL / was not found on this server.
Apache/2.2.20 (Unix) DAV/2 PHP/5.3.6 with Suhosin-Patch Server at 0.0.0.0 Port 80
// 2nd Test for Clarification
Quick experiment: Websharing turned on.
I switched to the 2.4.1 folder and ran "apachectl start". Here is the code:
usr/local/apache2/bin] root# apachectl start
org.apache.httpd: Already loaded
I checked 0.0.0.0 on chrome
The message, "It works", popped up. No sign of the apache 2.2.2 404 error message seen when websharing was off.
I typed in terminal "apachectl stop"
I checked 0.0.0.0 again and received the message "Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to 0.0.0.0."
//Added clarification 3/25/12
This mac already came pre-installed with apache 2.2.2. Does the presence of it (It is not running. I had the websharing option turned off.) on my hard drive interfere with the recent installation of apache 2.4.1?
When I turn websharing on, I do not get the apache 2.2.2 404 error message but the index.html page at 0.0.0.0:80. I don't understand why apache 2.4.1 will not run even when the websharing option is turned off. I think when I execute "apachectl start" in "usr/local/apache2/bin/" the computer activates apache 2.2.2 instead of 2.4.1. Why?
Could anyone add some clarity to this problem? I want to use apache 2.4.1 instead of being forced to use apache 2.2.2. Thanks!