I have been running ISPconfig for a couple of years without any problems. Suddenly I cannot longer browse to ISP config control panel. I have tried to run the update.sh script, checked that apachae is running. ( It feels like the apache virtual host for ISPconfig went missing) The system can still send and receive mail, but I can no longer control it! Please advice.
Did you do any changes / system upgrades? What operating system are you using? What were the last actions you remember before it failed? Check if your files are in its place ls /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ 000-apps.vhost 000-default.conf 000-ispconfig.conf 000-ispconfig.vhost When you try to access ispconfig, what goes to your apache access and/or error log?
Debian (uname -mrs : Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae) ( I also use webmin for other purposes) I haven´t been poking around in ISPconfig for about a month, and I think I have updated some system files through webmin since then. The files in sites-enabled are there. apache2 error log: ( when starting apache2) [Sun Feb 14 19:23:15 2016] [error] python_init: Python version mismatch, expected '2.7.2+', found '2.7.3'. [Sun Feb 14 19:23:15 2016] [error] python_init: Python executable found '/usr/bin/python'. [Sun Feb 14 19:23:15 2016] [error] python_init: Python path being used '/usr/lib/python2.7/:/usr/lib/python2.7/plat-linux2:/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk:/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-old:/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload'. No log entries when i try to connect
The errors are not related, what about the access / other-vhosts access logs? Do you get a 404 or similar when trying to connect to ISPconfig on port 8080?
no related entries in access/ other-vhosts log files. ( some entries regarding port 80 but thats not relevant) browsers says "unable to connect" ( I have ISPconfig set up on port 81)
There we go =) What's $ netstat -npl | grep 81 saying? Firewall configuration by any chance? Can you reach it locally by just wget https://localhost:81 maybe?
Firewall is turned off netstat says that nothing is listening on port 81. and obviously connection is refused when trying wget to localhost on port 81! It feels more and more like my initial thought is correct : the virtual host for ISPconfig wont work
You can try to add some garbage to your 000-ispconfig.vhost and check if it's beeing parsed ( apache2ctl -t ) If so, take a look at it - maybe post it's contents. And yeah, if no one's listening - it won't work - maybe ispconfig did a rewrite of the config and it's back to 8080?
no its still on port 81 root@mail:/etc/apache2/sites-enabled# apache2ctl -t [Sun Feb 14 20:23:18 2016] [warn] NameVirtualHost 192.168.#.#:0 has no VirtualHosts Syntax OK root@mail:/etc/apache2/sites-enabled#
So you tried adding some random garbage to the ispconfig file, then ran apache2ctl and it doesn't complain? If so, it doesn't parse / include needed files from sites-enabled! check your apache2.conf in /etc/apache/ for IncludeOptional sites-enabled/
Presto! sites-enabled was disabled (#) removed it an I got an error from apache , du to my junk in ispconfig.vhost file . Removed the junk and it all fired up.. Thanks a million!
