AOLserver, apache2
I am using 3.13.0-77-generic #121-Ubuntu x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 for hosting two websites.
Issue i faced is: apaches services went down and sites down. When i checked, i got this error in restarting apache services:
(98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80 (98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
I checked all configuration and everything was perfect. I then checked AOLserver process were running.So i killed the process, and restarted apache services again.This is no the first time i faced this issue. It pops in all of a sudden, i had to kill AOLServer services to run apache2 services again.
My question is: What is AOLserver and what can i do to avoid such issues in future.
I could not find much information in logs about the server.
Thanks
1 Answer
AOL Server is America Online's Open-Source web server. AOLserver is the backbone of the largest and busiest production environments in the world. AOLserver is a multithreaded, Tcl-enabled web server used for large scale, dynamic web sites.
Apache is also a web server like AOL. You could run both AOL and Apache2 using proxy module in apache2.
Also, Apache2 can be easily configured to work with AOL.
The fact is that AOL Server and Apache 2 Server are competing for port 8080
i suggest you run AOL on a separate port or uninstall it if you do not use it.
To run AOL Server on port 8080
Edit /etc/aolserver4/aolserver4.tcl:
array set debian_config { HOSTNAME localhost ADDRESS 127.0.0.1 HTTP_PORT 8080 HTTPS_PORT 443
}then run to restart both servers /etc/init.d/aolserver4 restart
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
then configure apache2 to use a proxy for requests by adding or editing an existing site in /etc/apache2/sites-available/
For instance i edited sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/site1.conf and placed this code there
<VirtualHost *:80> ProxyPreserveHost On ProxyRequests Off ServerName ServerAlias site1.com ProxyPass / ProxyPassReverse /
</VirtualHost>After which you enable the apache modules proxy & apache proxy_http with commands
sudo a2enmod proxy && sudo a2enmod proxy_http && sudo service apache2 restartIt means you have to manually direct requests to the AOL server from Apache2 via proxy, keeing both servers active.
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