MAMP 6.7 won't start on port 80 - apache

I just upgraded to MAMP version 6.7, to get php 8, it won't start on port 80 from GUI but it starts from command line with /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/apachectl start (no error messages). Previous version of MAMP (5.7) was running without any problems).
I do not have any other applikation running on port 80 (did: ps aux | grep httpd ).
I do not get any error message in MAMPs error log.
I can start MAMP Apache server on any other port.
I had deactivated Macs own Apaoche server with:
sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist 2>/dev/null
Installed new version off MAMP, copied over config files for mysql to bin (as I have password for mysql server), configurated phpMyAdmin for http login and no password, chosed php 8.20 in GUI for starting MAMP, checked that port 80 for Apache and 3306 from mysql was configurated, started server.
Edit: It was something about the admin rights on the log files in MAMP/logs (was set to: root as user and admin as group), so I changed permission on apache_error file. to my username (as I i have apache running under it) and read write for group admin, still server do not start.
It is something about the password prompt for the main GUI that not get trigged, I actually want to have that prompt when I start the MAMP servers.
Any ideas?

I upgrade to new version 6.8 of MAMP now who just come out, and that solved the problem, Apache starts and i get the prompt for password when using port 80.
The upgrade process is quite stupid though, IT DID NOT TAKE BACKUP on config files and database, when it wrote the date named backup files for old installation in Applications. Gladly I have strong routine on backup both by hand and in my system setup. So had to copy over config files for mySql (in bin directory) and database directory(in db directory). Need to do this on every new installation of MAMP.
This is stupid MAMP, fix it!

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phpMyAdmin 500 Internal Server Error

today I built a droplet from DigitalOcean, I installed LAMP and phpMyAdmin without any problem. After that for copy my old website to my new droplet, I tried to use ftp. I used vsftpd, created a user for it, changed the ufw permissions little bit, changed some settings from vsftpd.conf and that's all. Now I am trying to access phpmyadmin but
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request....Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu) Server at xxx.xx.xxx.xxx Port 80
sudo service apache2 status
OUTPUT:
netstat -ln | grep -E ':80|443'
OUTPUT: tcp6 0 0 :::80 :::* LISTEN
Its hard to diagnose the exact problem from your Error, I would start with:
Check that the server is running correctly (in Ubuntu sudo service apache2 status)
Check Apache is listening on port 80 (in Ubuntu netstat -ln | grep -E ':80|443'
Make sure the phpmyadmin permissions are correct (directory and files usually needs to be owned by the web server user www-data with proper access permissions)
Check the apache virtual host file to see if you have the right Directory configuration (usually phpmyadmin will have sample values in the setup file)
If all of that does not point you in the right direction to fix the issue you will need to start looking through your logs in /var/log/apache2/ and get some more detailed error messages.
Error 500 doesn't mean Apache listening issue. you should open your log file to see what problem occurred. usually, Apache error log is located in this PATH
/var/log/apache2/error.log if you didn't specify a custom log file for your virtual host. append error from the end of file in your question.

Issue installing virtualmin in vps

Trying to install Virtualmin in my new Ubuntu Xenial vps, executing install.sh, I get the following error:
[... up to here all fine..]
Processing triggers for dovecot-core (1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.2) ...
Job for dovecot.service failed because the control process exited with error cod e. See "systemctl status dovecot.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript dovecot, action "restart" failed.
dpkg: error processing package dovecot-core (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for libapache2-mod-php7.0 (7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
dovecot-core
FATAL - Fatal Error Occurred: Something went wrong during installation: 0
FATAL - Cannot continue installation.
FATAL - Attempting to remove virtualmin repository configuration, so the install ation can be
FATAL - re-attempted after any problems have been resolved.
FATAL - Removing temporary directory and files.
FATAL - If you are unsure of what went wrong, you may wish to review the log
FATAL - in /root/virtualmin-install.log
I have installed virtualmin in other vps and did not have such issue before. I meet the same issue in this vps also if I change operating system. What could I do to solve? Thanks
I wanted to install virtualmin on Ubuntu 16.04; I met same issues (as in your log); the error is quite cryptic and unexpected; virtualmin setup worked flawlessly in other vps.
A particular thing of my new vps is that ipv6 is not supported; it is probably the same in your case. Working on this information I made virtualmin work as expected, with the following steps:
fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04
apt-get install dovecot-common dovecot-imapd dovecot-pop3d
(these packages are the part related to dovecot for Ubuntu, taken from virtualmin install.sh). This gave issues.
Then edited: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf file.. uncommenting the line "listen = *, ::" and setting it to "listen = *" (listen just to ipv4 instead of also ipv6)
then again "apt-get install dovecot-common dovecot-imapd dovecot-pop3d", to check that installation finely completes.
install virtualmin: "/bin/sh install.sh"
service apache2 restart
In /etc/hosts comment the rows related to ipv6 (those with ::)
remove the "ipv6=1" line from /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf
/etc/init.d/webmin restart (now webmin should be up and working at https://yourip:10000)
I've tried these steps to install VirtualMin on my VPS Ubuntu 16.04. I am damn sure it will work for you.
Here are some prerequisites of the VirtualMin on Ubuntu:
-> You must have a new Ubuntu VPS or system with at 1 GB RAM.
-> You must have root access or access to a user with Sudo privileges.
-> A valid hostname set on your server’s primary IP address.
-> Two registered custom nameservers for Virtualmin.
Steps:
Step 1: Update your system with the latest available version:
Linux command: apt-get update
Step 2: Set Hostname and FQDN:
For Virtualmin to work properly, you need to configure the hostname and FQDN on the server itself by editing the /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts files, as well as update your DNS settings so DNS lookups resolve properly.
Linux command: hostname
To change the hostname for your server, open the file /etc/hostname in your editor:
Linux command: sudo nano /etc/hostname
Delete the current hostname and replace it with your hostname:
Use just the hostname, not the entire FQDN, in this file. For example, if your FQDN is demo.yourdomainname.com, enter demo in this file.
Save the file and exit the editor.
Next, add both the hostname and FQDN in the /etc/hosts file:
Linux command: sudo nano /etc/hosts
Modify the line that starts with 127.0.0.1 to use your FQDN and hostname, in that order:
127.0.1.1 your_hostname.your_domain.com your_hostname
127.0.0.1 localhost
...
Remember to replace your_hostname and your_domain.com with your own hostname and domain name. Save the file and exit the editor.
To check if the name has been changed correctly, reboot your server.
Linux command: sudo reboot
Step 3: Download and install Virtualmin
To install Virtualmin, download and run the official Virtualmin installation script, which will install Virtualmin, and Webmin, along with a LAMP stack, BIND, and Postfix.
Use wget to download the script:
Linux command: wget http://software.virtualmin.com/gpl/scripts/install.sh -O /tmp/virtualmin-install.sh
After the Virtualmin script has been downloaded successfully, we will go for the execution of the script. For that, first we will have to make the script file executable by running the following chmod command:
Linux command: chmod +x /tmp/virtualmin-install.sh
Once the file is made executable, we will go further towards running it using a shell. Enter the following command in the terminal to install Virtualmin through script.
Linux command: sh /tmp/virtualmin-install.sh
The script will give a warning message about existing data and compatible operating systems. Press y to confirm that you want to continue the installation.
The installation process may take a few minutes to complete all the steps as it installs various software packages and components.
Step 4: Configuring Webmin Using The Post-Installation Wizard
To configure Webmin, we'll use its web-based Post-Installation Wizard. Open your web browser and navigate to https://your_server_ip:10000. You can also use your fully-qualified domain name to access the site.
Note: Your browser may show a "Your connection is not secure" or "Your connection is not private" warning since Virtualmin uses a self-signed certificate. This warning is normal. You can ignore it.
Next, we'll need to enter the root username and password which is same as of the Linux system's to get access to the Web-based Control Panel of VirtualMin.
Once you have logged in, you'll see the Introduction screen stating that you are going through the steps to configure Virtualmin. Press Next to continue.
On the Memory use screen, select No for Preload Virtual Libraries, because you don't need to run the Virtual User interface all the time. Select Yes for Run email domain lookup server to enable faster mail processing. Press Next to continue.
On the Virus scanning screen, select No for Run ClamAV server scanner so you'll use less RAM. Press Next to continue.
On the Spam filtering screen, select No for Run SpamAssassin server filter and press Next to continue.
On the Database servers screen, select Yes to Run MySQL database server because MySQL server is widely used and supported by most applications, and no to Run PostgreSQL database server. Press Next to continue.
On the MySQL password screen, enter your desired MySQL root password. It should be different from the root password you used to log in to Webmin.
Select Yes if you’d like to remove the test MySQL database
Select Yes if you’d like to remove the anonymous MySQL user
On the MySQL database size screen, select the RAM option that matches the amount of RAM your server has. For a 1GB server, select Large system (1G) on which MySQL is heavily used. Press Next to continue.
On the Nameserver screen, Enter your primary and secondary nameservers which you configured in the prerequisites. If you haven't set these up, check the Skip check for resolvability box to avoid error message and proceed. Press Next to continue.
On the Password storage mode screen, select Store plain-text passwords if you must support password recovery. Otherwise, choose Only store hashed passwords. Here we have chosen plain-text passwords as an example. Press Next to continue.
you will see the All done screen. Click Next to end.
You may see a message stating that Virtualmin's configuration has not been checked. Click the Re-check and refresh the configuration button to check your Virtualmin configuration. Address any errors that the check reports. This process may take a few minutes to complete.
Congratulations! Your server is now configured.

How to switch between two Apache installations?

Some time ago I installed Apache 2.2.29 with this manual:
https://echo.co/blog/os-x-1010-yosemite-local-development-environment-apache-php-and-mysql-homebrew
into this directory:
/usr/local/Cellar/httpd22/2.2.29/bin/httpd
Yesterday I installed Apache 2.4.17 with this manual:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV52Vs4E1xs
into this directory:
/usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd
Terminal command
which httpd
shows me this:
Server version: Apache/2.2.29 (Unix)
is there any way to switch to 2.4.17?
(I'm on OS X 10.10.5)
Yes of course. Just specify the absolute path.
For example to stop Apache 2.2.9 use the following command:
/usr/local/Cellar/httpd22/2.2.29/bin/apachectl -k stop
Give it a few seconds or use 'ps' to check its finished shutting down and then use the following to start up the 2.4.17 instance:
/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -k start
Note when you machine restarts it my revert to the old version depending what's in its start up scripts.
Also any config will be specific to each installation so you might find they don't point to the same DocumentRoot so don't display the same website.
You cannot run both under port 80 at the same time. However you could run one under port 80 and one under another port of you wanted both running at exactly the same time.

How to install two Apache services

I would like two install two different apache2.2 services on a Windows machine. I already have one installed and running on ports 80 and 443. I copied the server installation directory and pasted it some where else. I went into httpd.conf and changed it from Listen 80 to Listen 8000. I also changed the Listen 443 to Listen 8001.
I can install it as a service, but it says there is an error in httpd.conf.
When I try to start the service it says:
make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80 no listening sockets available, shutting down
Nowhere in the config file does it say to listen to port 80.
What could cause this?
EDIT
I found that if I changed the config file in the original Apache installation that I copied, it would change the error message.
For example I changed the original config files to listen on ports not in use and the error messages, when I try to start the new Apache service, would go away. However, in task manager it did not show the Service as running but as STOPPED.
I uninstalled the service and re-installed it using the -f flag to point to the correct config file and nothing changed. It seems there must be internal pointers or something that are kept when I copied it?
I also tried installing Apache from a .msi installer and it wont install because I already have an apache installation.
SECOND EDIT
Wish I would have seen this earlier. According to Using Apache HTTP Server on Microsoft Windows I may need to build Apache from source.
Note that you cannot install two versions of Apache 2.3 on the same computer with the binary installer. You can, however, install a version of the 1.3 series and a version of the 2.3 series on the same computer without problems. If you need to have two different 2.3 versions on the same computer, you have to compile and install Apache from the source.
I have never done something like this could some one perhaps explain this a little more clearly?
The solution was going into the original Apache install directory and running:
C:\original-apache-install\bin> httpd -k install -n "new service name" -f "new/config/file/location"
Just copying the installation and pasting somewhere else kept ties to the original config file and did not let me change what it pointed to. When I ran the above command in the new install directory it did not work. Example:
C:\new-pasted-apache\bin> httpd -k install -n "new service name" -f "new/config/file/location"
I successfully installed two different 2.4.x versions of apache by installing both services separately with the command that was already mentioned:
C:\Apache2.4.23> httpd -k install -n "Apache2.4.23" -f "C:/Apache2.4.23/conf/httpd.conf"
C:\Apache2.4.12\bin> httpd -k install -n "Apache2.4.12" -f "C:/Apache2.4.12/conf/httpd.conf"
When i checked both services in the "Services" interfaces of windows i noticed that the seconds service had the same executable path as the first installed service. I fixed that by editing the service via regedit (since the sc command did not accept the parameter "-k runservice" that is appended to the executable path):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services
See: https://superuser.com/questions/222238/how-to-change-path-to-executable-for-a-windows-service/252850#252850

Why does running "apachectl -k start" not work, but "sudo apachectl -k start" does?

I'm working on my OS X with the default installation of Apache. For some reason, when I run the "apachectl" command without the "sudo" I get "no listening sockets available / unable to open logs." I'm guessing this is a permissioning thing, so can someone help me out? I'm using Apache 2.2.
Also, side question, where the the Apache script file that is basically the "exe" that linux executes? I'm trying to intergrate my server with Aptana Studio, and it requires the path to the Apache install. I know in Windows, this would be "C:\path\to\httpd.exe", but I don't know how this works in linux.
Is your server listening on port 80? (Usually) only root is allowed to open ports below 1024. Hence the need for sudo.
As you can see, lots of people wonder how to get around this. One possible solution is to perform port-forwarding on your router. (I'm assuming here that you are behind a router...). Then incoming connections on port 80 can be forwarded to e.g. port 8080. Thus only locally does one need to connect to port 8080. (There may be more elegant solutions... somebody else will post them.)
I think generally (on both OS X and Linux - I'm not sure which one you're referring to) the httpd binary is located at: /usr/sbin/httpd
If you need to be able to restart Apache, and you can't do so as root (for whatever reason..), then you may have to settle for a non 'well known' port.
try this
(with php)
$a = shell_exec('sudo -u root -S /etc/init.d/apache2 restart < /home/$user/passfile');
password should stored in passfile