Question posted in
Some documentation to get you started can be found here.

XAMPP Doesn't Start: SSH Not Accesible – Apache

So basically, i’m trying to learn how to use XAMPP to make a php server with MySQL. When I try to start it however, the start button doesn’t work. The button is greyed out for some reason.

An image of the control menu: https://imgur.com/a/v4O1GZ2

When I try to start the server from the general tab, it shows a yellow dot meaning it is starting (Image here: https://imgur.com/a/VEkRES2) and after it is done, it shows this error message: https://imgur.com/a/Zu6hTgi

The error I get when I click show details: cannot start stack: ssh not accessible

The Log:

INFO: Starting "XAMPP" stack
ERROR: Error starting "XAMPP" stack: cannot start stack: ssh not accessible`

I have tried everything; I tried reinstalling, I tried deleting my ~/.bitnami folder, but nothing works.

Tags:

2

Answers


  1. 0

    Maybe you need to change the ports. Sometimes different programs use the same ports and it doesnt work properly. Try changing the ports.

    Changing ports Xammp

    Login or Signup to reply.
  2. 0

    I stumbled upon this thread last night, and learned that it was because I had used CHMOD 777, which unfortunately broke XAMPP.

    So wanted to share how I ‘solved’ this (rescued my files) without having a recent Time Machine backup in case it might be helpful for others.

    Step 1: 
Copy the virtual XAMPP machine (machine.qcow2) in terminal

‘$ cd .bitnami/stackman/machines/xampp/vm’

Now '$ open .' and move the 'machine.qcow2' file to e.g. downloads.

Step 2:
Delete the .bitnami folder.

Step 3:
Delete and re-install XAMPP.

Step 4:
Launch XAMPP and mount the image, then move machine.qcow2 file into '/opt/lamp/htdocs' using Finder.

Step 5: 
Install qemu-utils and p7zip-full

'$ sudo apt-get install qemu-utils'
'$ sudo apt-get install p7zip-full'

Step 6:
Go into the 'htdocs' directory and convert machine.qcow2 to machine.iso with qemu

'$ cd /opt/lampp/htdocs'
'$ qemu-img convert image.qcow2 image.iso'

Step 7: 
'Unzip' the .iso file

'$ 7z x image.iso'

    That’s it! If you '$ ls' now, you’ll see your old files!

    I then used 7z to make a Zip-backup folder with the old files, moved the 7z to my desktop, deleted and re-installed XAMPP. Cleared the new ‘htdocs’ and unzipped the file again.

    This took me about half a night to figure out, so hopefully it will be useful for someone!

    Login or Signup to reply.
Please signup or login to give your own answer.

Back To Top
Search