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Apache: Make Changes In a Config File Take Effect Without Restarting Server

last updated January 6, 2009 in Apache, CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, FreeBSD, Linux, RedHat and Friends, Suse, Troubleshooting, Ubuntu Linux, UNIX

Q. How do I make changes in a Apache server config file to take effect without restarting the Apache server itself w/o interrupting users’ current session?

Apache: [warn] _default_ VirtualHost overlap on port 80, the first has precedence Error and Solution

last updated November 2, 2008 in Apache, CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Fedora Linux, FreeBSD, Linux, Networking, RedHat and Friends, Solaris-Unix, Suse, Troubleshooting, Ubuntu Linux, UNIX

Question:I’m using Apache 2 to host multiple site on a single host using Apache name based VirtualHost feature. However, Apache is displaying lots of warning as follows:

Performing sanity check on apache22 configuration:
[Portal Oct 05 06:59:34 2008] [warn] _default_ VirtualHost overlap on port 80, the first has precedence
[Portal Oct 05 06:59:34 2008] [warn] _default_ VirtualHost overlap on port 80, the first has precedence
[Portal Oct 05 06:59:34 2008] [warn] NameVirtualHost 81.aaa.www.yyy:80 has no VirtualHosts
Syntax OK
Stopping apache22.
Waiting for PIDS: 14968.
Syntax OK
Starting apache22.
[Portal Oct 05 06:59:36 2008] [warn] _default_ VirtualHost overlap on port 80, the first has precedence
[Portal Oct 05 06:59:36 2008] [warn] _default_ VirtualHost overlap on port 80, the first has precedence
[Portal Oct 05 06:59:36 2008] [warn] NameVirtualHost 81.aaa.www.yyy:80 has no VirtualHosts

How do I fix this warning and host multiple websites under UNIX / Linux Apache 2 webserver?

FreeBSD Configure Apache PHP with mod_fastcgi Module

last updated January 17, 2009 in Apache, FreeBSD, Package Management, PF Firewall

Q. How do I configure and Install Apache web server with PHP5 and mod_fastcgi to get faster PHP access under FreeBSD server?

PHP Not Accepting <? Tag; Only Accepting <?php and <script> Tag

last updated June 29, 2016 in Apache, CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Fedora Linux, FreeBSD, Lighttpd, Linux, Nginx, OpenBSD, PHP, Troubleshooting

I am using PHP along with the latest version of Apache web-server. Only <?php and <script> tags are recognized by my LAMP setup. Many of my scripts are broken. How do I allow the <? tag also?

FreeBSD: Install PHP xcache Opcode Cacher

last updated October 4, 2008 in Apache, FreeBSD, Lighttpd, Nginx, Package Management, PHP

Q. How do I install and configure xcache under FreeBSD operating systems for Apache, lighttpd or ngnix web server?

FreeBSD Apache Jail: Connection refused: connect to listener on 0.0.0.0:80 Error and Solution

last updated September 25, 2008 in Apache, FreeBSD, Networking, Virtualization

Q. I’m running Apache 2 server under FreeBSD jail. However, I see lots of warning / error messages in /var/log/httpd-error.log as follows:

[Sat Sep 20 20:47:09 2008] [warn] (61)Connection refused: connect to listener on 0.0.0.0:80
[Sat Sep 20 20:47:10 2008] [warn] (61)Connection refused: connect to listener on 0.0.0.0:80
[Sat Sep 20 20:47:11 2008] [warn] (61)Connection refused: connect to listener on 0.0.0.0:80

How do stop all these warning messages flooding my Apache log files?

FreeBSD: Apache httpready filter – Failed to enable the 'httpready' Accept Filter

last updated January 17, 2009 in Apache, FreeBSD, Networking, Troubleshooting

Q. I’ve installed Apache 2.2 from FreeBSD 7.0 ports and when I try to start I get following warning on screen:

Performing sanity check on apache22 configuration:
Syntax OK
Starting apache22.
[Wed Sep 17 22:01:58 2008] [warn] (2)No such file or directory: Failed to enable the ‘httpready’ Accept Filter

How do I fix this error?