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Apache webserver status in Ubuntu

I have installed apache webserver in my Ubuntu machine and changed port to 8080 (/etc/apache2/apache2.conf, /etc/apache2/000-default.conf) and able to successfully load test page in browser

Using below commands for administration (installed w3m as well):

sudo apache2ctl start
sudo apache2ctl stop
sudo apache2ctl status

However, sudo apache2ctl status is giving below error:

w3m: Can't load http://localhost:80/server-status

I guess apache2ctl status is picking up default port instead of 8080. Can anyone please guide where to change that

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  1. 0

    You have not mentioned what did you change in apache2.conf file and 000-default.conf.
    you need to set the value of Listen 8080 in apache2.conf and if you have defined virtual host you need to set the opening virtual-code tag as <VirtualHost *:8080>

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  2. 0

    If you insist on changing it to port 8080, it lives inside the /usr/sbin/apache2ctl file. Just edit and search for STATUSURL=.

    Is there a reason you are using port 8080, though?

    In your /etc/sites-enabled/000-default.conf (hopefully you have it enabled), add the following lines above the <VirtualHost *:80> line near the top. This will create an override/short-circuit for localhost ONLY.

    <VirtualHost localhost:80>  #(or use 8080)
  DocumentRoot /var/www/html
</VirtualHost>

    Make sure port 80 is enabled in /etc/apache2/ports.conf. You should see:

    Listen 80

    and/or

    Listen 8080

    and restart server:

    sudo systemctl restart apache2.service

    then try: sudo apache2ctl status again..

    This also works if you have a redirect inside VirtualHost for <*:80> (mine redirects everything to port :443/SSL), the added lines above will pickup the localhost VirtualHost (first) amd allow the use of http://localhost/ type urls which of course will also allow apache2ctl to work for localhost http calls.

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