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I'm installing apache2.4 on Ubuntu 16.04 with a custom cookbook in Chef. I cannot connect to localhost after a fresh converge, and I'm not having Chef modify any configuration files until I figure out why I cannot connect. I expect to see the default index.html landing page, but nothing works. I can ssh into my vagrant machine, but my browser will not load anything from the server. By the end of this I would like to have my own HTML file that I had Chef build in /var/www/html/ act as the landing page for my Apache server.

Below are a few methods I have already attempted:

I have ran wget localhost and 127.0.0.1 always outputs:

--2017-06-21 08:40:05--  http://localhost/
Resolving localhost (localhost)... 127.0.0.1
Connecting to localhost (localhost)|127.0.0.1|:80... failed: Connection refused.

Running sudo systemctl status apache2 in my VM outputs:

Active: active (running) since Wed 2017-06-21 12:17:31 UTC; 31min ago

Running ps -ef | grep apache in my VM outputs:

root     12881     1  0 12:17 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
www-data 12884 12881  0 12:17 ?        00:00:01 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
www-data 12885 12881  0 12:17 ?        00:00:01 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
vagrant  13125 13109  0 13:08 pts/0    00:00:00 grep --color=auto apache

Running netstat -a | grep less in my VM returns:

Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State
tcp        0      0 *:ssh                   *:*                     LISTEN
tcp        0      0 10.0.2.15:ssh           10.0.2.2:40222          ESTABLISHED
tcp6       0      0 [::]:http               [::]:*                  LISTEN
tcp6       0      0 [::]:ssh                [::]:*                  LISTEN 
udp        0      0 *:bootpc                *:*

I have previously attempted to modify the config files in

  • /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
  • /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf

Lastly, I have checked permissions on /var/www and /var/www/html, and they're all 0755

All the above have lacked any form of success. Please help. Before you ask, yes I did restart the apache process after every modification to the server.

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  • There's a Listen directive in your Apache configuration files. What does it say? My guess is, that Apache is listening to IPv6 only. What's your output of sysctl net.ipv6.bindv6only? – byteborg Jun 21 '17 at 14:08
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    sysctl net.ipv6.bindv6only returns net.ipv6.bindv6only = 0 – Pat D Jun 21 '17 at 14:23
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    My /etc/apache2/ports.conf contains Listen 80

    Also, I apologize in advance. I absolutely hate the markdown in this site.

     – Pat D Jun 21 '17 at 14:34
  • This q was silent for quite some time, so I guess the problem was resolved. Thinking further about useful diagnostic steps, it would be of interest, if iptables is blocking something. – byteborg Jun 29 '20 at 13:05

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