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Apache2 Restart Problem

So everytime i type “service apache2 restart” into putty, i get an error

apache2: Syntax error on line 268 of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf: Syntax error on line 30 of /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default: Expected </Directory> but saw </VirtualHost> Action ‘configtest’ failed. The Apache error log may have more information. can anyone help me?

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Flamber Hansen • June 26, 2017
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Hi @k0ala Can you post the file here /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default ?

k0ala • June 26, 2017

I looked up some issues online and reinstalled things and it worked, my website was working. But now comes another issue which I don’t think is a droplet issue but everytime I type “node site.js” I get this long error


[2017-06-26 15:54:00.991] [INFO] [default] - DB Connection ID: 399
[2017-06-26 15:54:00.994] [INFO] [default] - DB Connection ID: 400
[2017-06-26 15:54:00.995] [INFO] [default] - DB Connection ID: 401
[2017-06-26 15:54:00.997] [INFO] [default] - DB Connection ID: 402
[2017-06-26 15:54:01.002] [TRACE] [default] - Roll 4263
[2017-06-26 15:54:01.003] [TRACE] [default] - Sucesfully updated history
[2017-06-26 15:54:01.004] [WARN] [default] - Loaded hashd8b710dfa2c8a3d990ca1dc7                                                                                           cc0a91754ac20aa6139fb7f6d44b58ee31ece8dc
[2017-06-26 15:54:01.134] [WARN] [default] - Loaded fresh prices
[2017-06-26 15:54:01.190] [WARN] [default] - Prices loaded from cache
[2017-06-26 15:54:03.934] [TRACE] [default] - Strange error
[2017-06-26 15:54:03.935] [DEBUG] [default] - { Error: listen EADDRINUSE :::8080
    at Object.exports._errnoException (util.js:1026:11)
    at exports._exceptionWithHostPort (util.js:1049:20)
    at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (net.js:1305:14)
    at listenInCluster (net.js:1353:12)
    at Server.listen (net.js:1453:7)
    at Server.listen.Server.attach (/home/bot/node_modules/socket.io/lib/index.j                                                                                           s:237:9)
    at Timeout._onTimeout (/home/bot/site.js:618:29)
    at ontimeout (timers.js:488:11)
    at tryOnTimeout (timers.js:323:5)
    at Timer.listOnTimeout (timers.js:283:5)
  code: 'EADDRINUSE',
  errno: 'EADDRINUSE',
  syscall: 'listen',
  address: '::',
  port: 8080 }

It was working literally 10 minutes ago and now it doesn’t work

k0ala • June 26, 2017

sorry for leaving @hansen, I was really tired and i went to bed… anyway

the site isn’t working and even after doing everything you said and then typing “service apache2 restart” it still said waiting, and I’m following a tutorial that requires you to type that command in order for the website to work… or else you get a 404 error and that’s exactly what’s happenening so no the site doesn’t work :/

Flamber Hansen • June 26, 2017

@k0ala Okay, then you’ve just renamed or removed the file. Try running the following:

service apache2 start

service apache2 status
#press Q to exit the status dialog