@bashfeedbusiness

In regards to Apache, if you’re still having an issue with Apache + SSL, I just posted recent configs for LetsEncrypt, which I’ve outlined below for comparison.

…

/etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
        DocumentRoot /var/www/html
        ServerName domain.com
        ServerAlias www.domain.com

        <Directory /var/www/html/>
            Options FollowSymLinks
            AllowOverride All
            Require all granted
        </Directory>

        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

        RewriteEngine on
        RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =domain.com [OR]
        RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =www.domain.com
        RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [END,QSA,R=permanent]
</VirtualHost>

…

/etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default-le-ssl.conf

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost *:443>
        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
        DocumentRoot /var/www/html
        ServerName domain.com
        ServerAlias www.domain.com

        <Directory /var/www/html/>
            Options FollowSymLinks
            AllowOverride All
            Require all granted
        </Directory>

        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
        SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/domain.com/fullchain.pem
        SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/domain.com/privkey.pem
        Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>

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/var/www/html/.htaccess

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

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Of course, in the above, domain.com should be replaced with your actual domain name. These are stock, and should work for any domain that has a valid SSL Certificate from LetsEncrypt w/ WP.

These are from ./sites-available and are symlinked to ./sites-enabled by default (which was done by LE when the service was ran).

The line in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf that controls pulling from ./sites-enabled is:

IncludeOptional sites-enabled/*.conf

So you could very well change that to better suit your own needs, or to just include a single site. For example, I could modify that to:

IncludeOptional sites-available/000-default.conf
IncludeOptional sites-available/000-default-le-ssl.conf

And in those files, I’d use the configuration I posted above, then restart apache2.

service apache2 restart

And that should get things in working order for you. You don’t have to use those two directories. I rarely do as I rather dislike having to use symlinks for configuration. I’d much rather it be located in a central directory and simply use mv or cp to get files where they need to be as symlinks can be finicky from time to time.

@bashfeedbusiness

Correct. Those files will be recreated once you start/restart MySQL and will then take on the size that is set in the newer configuration, which should prevent that error from popping back up.

If MySQL still fails to start, please tail -50 the log file and post back and we’ll take another look.

@bashfeedbusiness

No problem at all, glad to help! Let me know how things go.