I fired up a droplet with LAMP on 16.04
I edited /etc/apache2/ports.conf and set it to Listen 8080
I edited /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf and set it to <VirtualHost *:8080>
I ran sudo ufw allow 8080
I restarted apache service
My website doesn’t load - what am I missing?
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